Soccerexercise: passing and active defence
Suitable for the following techniques: passing
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.