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Drills for attaching down the left

We seem to always have a player free wide on the left, but rarely use the space they are in. We need a drill for the midfield to get their heads up and turn to play the ball left.

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Bram van Asselt, England

A simple way to focus players of playing down a particular side is by playing a attack against defence where you block certain parts of the pitch of with cones, through which the attackers are not allowed to attack.

The area can be set up any where on the pitch and will make players aware of the area and how you expect them to play.

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Bram van Asselt, England

another practice

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