Attack/Defend on the cone

DESCRIPTION

Attacking support drill

Variation = instead of attacking form a defensive line on the cone

Players into two groups.

Red bibs and blue bibs in each group

Players lie on the grass in two circles facing each other in the group

Ball and cones as per sketch

COACH FOCUS ON THE TIMMING OF THE CALLS

1. Coach shouts players name,
2. Coach shouts cone colour
3. That player jumps up, irrespective of his bibb colour, runs and  scoops up the ball to run an attacking line on the color cone called by the coach.
4. Coach shouts red or blue bibs. The called colour bibs need to support the named player that is running with the ball
5. Support players need to be in position quickly to ensure the ball can be passed through the attacking line.

Defense variation:

No need for the ball or ball carier.

Coach just call the colour bibs and the cone colour they need to form the defensive line on.

COACHING POINTS

1. Scoop technique
2. Reaction time of all the player
3. They need to listen and think
4. They need to concentrate
5. They need to know the colour of their bib
6. They need to communicate on attack and defense
7. Reiterate the basics of passing at pace
8. On attack nice and deep
9. Time the run
10. COMMUNICATE
11. Look left and right
12. The ball needs to be passed all the way trough all the player before the end of the pitch
13. NO DROPPED balls for the high performance group.