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LOGINPractice 2: Combination play to break lines
Encourages players to adjust to formation changes, use tempo changes to break lines and rotations between lines.
WHY USE IT
This practice encourages players to adjust to formation changes, use tempo changes to break lines and rotations between lines.
Set-up
Use the final third of a pitch with a full-size goal and two mini goals at the other end. Play 6v6 in the middle, with two neutrals in wide channels and two neutrals in the middle.
HOW TO play
Teams must look to break lines to score in the mini goals or full-size goal. The coach can use tempo triggers mid-game:
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Pause: Recycle and rebuild
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Strike: Immediate forward pass/dribble
Progressions/adaptations
You can increase the minimum number of passes for the slow tempo section. If players are finding it too hard, remove a defender – they can be a central neutral player. You can also stipulate that the switch has to be received by an attacker on the run while switching sides, rather than the ball going to the attacker already in the other half. This will encourage more third-man runs off the ball and playing into space.
COACHING POINTS
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Use positional rotations to create superiority, not chaos
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Wide players must consider when to stay wide and when to drop into half-spaces
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Central pivots must stagger to provide different angles
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Teams look to break lines to score in the mini goals or full-size goal
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’Pause’ direction from the coach asks players to recycle and rebuild
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’Strike’ direction from the coach asks players to make an immediate forward pass or dribble forward
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