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Small-sided game: Breaking lines
Develop players’ ability and awareness to play forward passes that break defensive lines
WHY USE IT
Develops players’ ability and awareness to play forward passes that break defensive lines.
Set up
Mark out a playing area relative to the age, ability and number of your players. Divide the area into three horizontal central channels and two vertical wide channels.
How to play
With players locked in their positions, the aim is to move the ball, find the number 9 and keep possession. Each time a team makes five successful passes, they earn a point. If they can find the 9 within those passes, they get 3 points.
Progressions/adaptations
Progress to allow the player in possession to step into the next zone to create and exploit overloads.
Coaching points
- Movement
- Scanning
- Ball speed
- Breaking lines
- Composed passing
- First touch
- Read the game
- Find the free player
- Line of pass
- Timings
- Third-player runs
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Players are locked in their positions
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The aim is to move the ball, find the 9 and keep possession
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A team gets a point for five successful passes, with an additional three points if they find the nine within those passes
Jesus Cordon
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