As we saw in PSG's analysis vide, one of the most important principles is to attract opponents in a given area of the pitch so we can play with advantage in a different one. Today we propose a drill to train thise very aspect of the game.
To do so we present a situation game where we play in a full half of the pitch. In the halfway line we place 3 small goals, one in each lateral channel and another one in the centre. In front of each of these goals, we set up a box with 4 cones.
We play a K.8v9. The idea of the drill is that the attacking team faces the big goal. The game starts inside one of the three boxes (to be decided by the attacking team) in a similar way than a rondo. For each 3 passes that the attacking team plays inside the box, a defender must go in to help his/her teammate recover the ball. From there, it is decision of the attackers when to leave the box and go towards the goal. We will permit one unique transition, so the defending team has the chance to counterattack any of the three small goals. We must be aware that there is not any type of positional rule on the attackers, so they are free to enter the boxes to help their teammates or either stay outside the boxes generating some type of advantage. This is the most important aspect for us to control as coaches, as the wrong ubication of the players on the field won't provide any type of advantage and it will be very difficult to progress in the game.
Let's see the video to have a better idea.
There are several aspects that we want to take into consideration when playing this drill. The first one, and probably the most important one, is that the attacking team must bear in mind that they are attracting opponents in a specific place to play somewhere else (where an advantage has been generated). Furthermore, they must keep in mind that losing the ball inside one of the boxes means, almost with 100% security, a goal for the other team. Also, it is not the same to attract opponents in the central box than in the wide ones, as well as the structure of security needs to be taken into consideration in case there is a loss.
As coaches, we can tell our players to try different ways to attract defenders, as we discussed in the video analysis. Even though it is true that the causing rule in this exercise is thought to attract opponents just by passing within the box, we can ancourage our players to use alternative ways to attract defenders when outside the boxes.
VARIATIONS:
If we want to add some degree of complexity to the task, we can modify both the rules of the game as well as the causing rules. For instance, we can add the offside rule to complicate a bit more the drill and add a more realistic approach to it. Furthermore, we can allow as many transitions as we want, but taking into consideration that the more transitions we allow, the focus of the drill will vanish as it will become nearly a game. Also, enven though in the video we show a structure of 4.4.1 against a structure of K.4.3.1, we can change it as a function of our players or the opponent. Also, in case we don't have these many players, we can change the numbers and reduce the space.
If we take a look at the causing rules, we can tell the defenders to enter the box when more or less passes are achieved by the attackers, in case we want to ease or complicate the task, respectively. Another modification could be that, instead of having defenders entering the box every X passes, they do it every X seconds, but we must keep in mind that this may lead to a de-naturalisation of the game.
¿Te ha gustado? ¿Tienes alguna duda? ¡Déjanos un comentario o contacta con nosotros!
Comments