This session develops players’ awareness and ability to press confidently as a unit.
This small-sided game allows players to work on pressing from the front in a game-realistic environment.
Set up with one large goal and two mini goals on an extended half-pitch. Play 6v5, with one neutral player. Reds set up with a goalkeeper, three defenders and two midfielders; Whites set up with a forward and four midfielders. The neutral player plays for the team in possession, working as a defender for Whites and a forward for Reds.
The team of six (Reds) have a goalkeeper and defend the large goal. Play always starts with the goalkeeper. Whites can’t press until the goalkeeper has played their first pass. Whites aim to press high, win possession and score in the big goal. Reds aim to play out from the back and score in the mini goals.
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