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Attacking Defending

3 v 2 + 1 Possession with Transition

A functional practice designed to improve players passing, decision making , movement in small spaces with transition.

Key objectives

Quality and selection of pass – Back Foot
First touch/Body shape
Angles and Distance of support
Width and depth – Penetrating Pass
Awareness of space and defender
Transition to Defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible
Transition to Attack – width and depth as quickly as possible

Organisation

Area: 20 x 15 metres
3 Blue Players v 2 Yellow Players + 1 Yellow Player in the gate
When in possession Blue players must maintain possession and work an opportunity to pass to the Yellow Player in the gate as per diagram
Once the ball is played to the Yellow player in the gate he now joins in and the Blue player that is nearest their gate must drop back into it to create a 3 v 2 once again
If the two players win possession they must try and pass the ball back to their player in the gate for that player to join in and again the opposition must drop the player that closet to the gate
Players get a point for every pass into the opposition gate

Session details

Attacking
Defending

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