Soccerexercise: passing and active defence

Duration: Approximately 15 minutes

Setup:

• Red square: 16 metres wide, 15 metres long
• Blue cone: back line, centre point, then 5 metres inward and 5 metres further the white cone

Explanation:

• Player B requests the ball by unbalancing the active defender and sprinting to the blue cone.
• Player A plays to B, B plays to C with the active defender at his back, C plays to D.
• D lays the ball wide and C finishes.
• If the active defender intercepts the ball, he may score.
• The player who loses the ball must try to regain possession.
• The exercise ends when one of the parties scores.

Rotation:

• A becomes the defender, the defender becomes B, B becomes C, C becomes D, and D joins the back.

Execution:

• Start with first receiving and playing so that B has to deal with a player at his back.
• Then place fixed defenders in the active defenders' positions and make it a match.
• The team that scores the most goals in 5 minutes wins.

Note: Defenders remain in positions A-B-C-D.

Coaching moments:

• Correct speed of passing the ball so that the teammate can handle it directly.
• The position of B is important to shield the ball immediately during reception.