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LOGINAdvantage!
A game of football is only 11v11 when the players line up before the match. Once it starts, the game becomes a number of small-sided games such as 1v1, 2v1 and 3v2. This session will help your team take advantage in overload (additional player) situations.
What this session is about
- Making use of your additional player.
- Creating chances to score.
- Attacking as a team.
What to think about
- Overloads are created immediately when one player is tackled and the defender instigates a new attack. In addition, if a player leaves the field injured or a player is sent off then an overload is created naturally.
- Using an overload/extra man is a success when the team makes the pitch big, takes minimal touches in possession and uses overlaps and one-twos to play around its opponent.
Set-up
| Warm up | Session | Development | Game Situation | Warm Down |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 minutes | 15 minutes | 15 minutes | 15 minutes | 5 minutes |
What you get your players to do
Use two teams but use one player as a goalkeeper, this team works as defenders as in the top picture. The other team works as attackers and receives passes from you to build up play and score a goal in an overload situation.If the attackers score a goal, they receive another ball from you and continue to attack.
However, if the defenders win the ball and are able to make a pass out to you, then the roles are reversed with the defending team now becoming attackers and attackers now defend, using one of their players in goal.
One team uses a player as goalkeeper and tries to defend with the overload against them.
Development
Add a goal at the opposite end of the area. The attacking team does not use a goalkeeper so it still has an overload advantage. However, if they lose possession, the defending team has an open goal to score into.This game is played for two halves of seven minutes with a minute’s rest between periods. Each team plays one half as attackers then as defenders.
Related Files
Advanced-164-advantage.pdfPDF, 273 KB
The defensive team, with a player fewer, has the chance to score should it win the ball.
Game situation
Play a small-sided game with two teams and each has to nominate one “star man”. The two stars start outside the pitch as in the bottom picture. On your call, one star man goes on to the pitch to give his team the overload situation.At random, you call for the new star man to run on to the pitch and replace the one that has been playing for the opposition. This rule sees the teams rotating from attacking with an overload advantage to defending with the overload disadvantage.
Make sure the time of overloads is fair to both teams so a winner can be chosen based on the scoreline.
“Star” players, one for each team, provide a man extra when they are on the pitch.
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