Attacking team of 8 set up with midfield 3 and front 3 along with 2 who act as CB/FBs. Defending team of 7+GK set up in 4-2-1 shape(1 plays like advanced midfielder). Play starts with GK playing long ball to attacking team who play, looking to use patterns and runs worked on to create scoring opportunities. Defending team try and score in either mini-goal.
Progression: There are balls placed wide at around halfway point of area, if defending team score or make attempt to score then attacking wide player gets ball from wide and start counter-attack, midfield runners important here as more than likely be a cross
Same as Previous practice
Confidence in possession
Attack the box if ball is wide
Reemphasise patterns and how they can be used
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
Roughly a fifth of Premier League goals come from set pieces, and the gap between teams who plan their routines and teams who do not has never been wider. Here is how the modern set-piece specialists design attacking corners, free kicks, and throw-ins - and how you can apply their ideas at any level.
The next frontier in football coaching is not physical, it is mental. Cognitive load training - the deliberate use of perception, decision-making and dual-task demands inside football drills - is reshaping how the best academies develop players. Here is what it means and how to use it.
If the last decade taught us about pressing, this one is teaching us about what stands behind it. Rest defence is the shape your team holds while attacking, and it is the difference between dominating a game and getting picked off on the counter.