Today we share with you an analytical exercise where we keep the focus on using our centre forward facing our own goal. Even though this is a passing rotation, this doesn't mean that we cannot have active defenders in it. As a progression, we can start with no defenders and add them when the players have processed the movements we want them to do. Furthermore, we can add different rotations in the striker's movement. Let's take a look at the video and explain a bit more the details afterwards.
We start in the halfway line with a structure of 2 full backs/wingers, a defensive midfielder, 2 offensive midfielders, and a striker. As we have stated before, we start the exercise with 2 defenders, but this is something we can modify as a function of the number of available players we have and their level.
The action starts with a 1-2 between the defensive midfielder and one of the offensive midfielders. During this time, the struker comes down to receive, bringing with him one of the defenders. When the striker receives the ball, plays with the other offensive midfielder who will then play with the full back where the space has been generated. From there, the game happens in a more natural way, with the midfielders and the striker entering the box to receive the cross of the full back/winger.
It is important that, as coaches, we insist in the timing of the passes and its velocity. It is fundamental that the players understand thath through these passes it is them who control the tempo of the game, and understand in which situations these passes must be quicker or slower. Furthermore, we should also insist that the offensive midfielders play at different heights and, once the pass to the full back has been played, they keep the team together going forward and advancing consequently with the ball. To promote this aspect, we can add a couple of small goals in the halfway line such that if the defenders recover the ball, they can score.
As we have said before, this is just an illustration of what we want to do, but depending on the players we have and their level we can add more defenders and, also, reach the point where the game develops in a much more natural way. We must keep in mind that once this passing rotation has been played a few times, the defenders will know what is happening and will start recovering the ball more often, so we must have in mind other options to give the players that keep the same principles.
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