Half Pitch. White Team, 2 centre mids, 2 full-backs, 2 wide players, 1 striker. Blue team, 1 goalkeeper, 2 centre-backs, 2 wide mids, 1 centre mid. Pattern. play starts with blue teams midfielder giving the ball to one of white teams centre-mids. 1) with the centre mids first touch, pass into the striker and then make a diagonal run into space created by the stiker. 2) striker passes to the full-back who is advancing. 3) full-back plays to the winger and makes a forwad run to createa 2v1 4) combine and create an overlap and crossing oppotunity or set back and play inside. when play breaks down or a goal is scored restart on other side.
movement. support. crossing or setting back.
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This practice has no progressions
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