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Use this session to coach your players how to play through balls and make well-timed runs behind the defence, just like Lionel Messi.
Use this session to coach your players how to play through balls and make well-timed runs behind the defence, just like Lionel Messi.
Why use it
This is to get your strikers to link up and make runs behind the defence to get on the end of through passes. It is a great way to get players making runs into the penalty area to beat the offside trap, or for teams not playing with the offside rule to get in behind the defence and score.
Set up
Use half the pitch you use for matches coned off at the six-yard box as shown. We’ve used 10 players.
How to play
Play 4v4 plus a server and a goalkeeper.
A team of four attackers are passed a ball from a server on the halfway line. Three defenders are waiting, with one defender placed on the halfway line who must recover quickly to make it 4v4.
Only the recovering defender can go in the penalty area - as the other defenders are not allowed in, the attackers can play through balls to team-mates.
Play offside to stop teams defending too high up the pitch.
Technique
This is all about creativity in the front part of the penalty area.
Good play will see lots of balls passed into runners, creating lots of scoring chances.
The key to success here is timing and weight of pass, plus well-timed runs.
Dave Clarke
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