Organisation
11v11 - with realistic/random start points and rules
Make sure that you consider the off-side rules and fouls.
Conditions and Targets
Opposition team:
• Maintain possession – build from the back
• First: Must try to play through MF
• Second: Try to switch the play
• Third: Play direct
My team:
• Win ball in opponents half and attack
• 20 seconds in possession
• 10 seconds to counter
Problems (What-Ifs)
• We cannot get pressure on the ball with the front 2
• The opposition manage to switch the ball through (a) GK; (b) MF rotation of #6, 8, and 10
• The opposition decide to play longer with FB’s advancing and WF (#7 and 11) rolling inside
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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