Teaching 4-4-2

Recommendations teaching 4-4-2 formation to 12-14 yr olds in short time frame.

Rick FieldenCoach, United States of America
ANSWERS
Matt MorrisonPlayer, England

Hi Rick,

The best way to groove the 4-4-2 formation to youngsters would be to use the full pitch and split it up into 3 equal thirds. Set your defenders up in the bottom third, midfields in the middle third and strikers in the final third. Then get them to pass the ball amongst each other between the thirds, not moving too much from their starting position.

You can also get them to take up the 4-4-2 formation and practice moving up and down the pitch as a unit but maintaining distance between each other.

Matt

Login or Join Now for FREE to post your answer

JOIN SPORTPLAN FOR FREE

  • search our library of 500+ football drills
  • create your own professional coaching plans
  • or access our tried and tested plans

TRANSFORM YOUR TEAM'S SEASON WITH PROFESSIONALLY PLANNED SESSIONS

Use our expert plans or build your own using our library of over 700+ drills, and easy-to-use tools.

JOIN NOW

VIEW MORE QUESTIONS

See the whole archive of questions.

QUESTIONS ARCHIVE

SIGN UP NOW FOR FREE

  • search our library of 500+ football drills
  • create professional football coaching plans
  • or access our tried and tested football plans

Sportplan App

Give it a try - it's better in the app

YOUR SESSION IS STARTING SOON... Join the growing community of football coaches plus 500+ drills and pro tools to make coaching easy.
LET'S DO IT