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Practice 2: Switch it up
Develops players’ ability to switch play across channels, a key tactic to break defensive lines.
WHY USE IT
This three-part session works on players’ awareness and ability to switch play.
Set-up
Mark out an area relative to the age, ability and number of your players.
Divide your players into two equal groups, and place a goal at each end.
HOW TO play
Teams take alternate turns to attack the goal through a specific passing pattern. The first team to score 10 goals wins.
progressions & ADAPTATIONS
- Alternate the sides that teams start their passing pattern (right and left).
COACHING POINTS
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Chest forward: Chest in the direction you want to play the ball.
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Feet don’t stop, ball doesn’t stop: Adjustments are easier than stops and starts.
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Balls should be able to run across body. Position your body and time your movements to execute with minimal touches.
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Technical pride: Execute to high standards. Test yourself to maintain high-quality execution against the pressure of competition and time.
- Set up with two teams playing alternately in opposite directions, unopposed to each othe
- Teams play a set passing pattern which encourages a striker to drop deep to receive, creating space for a switch of play
- Teams can choose to shoot at goal direct from the switch, or cross for a back-post finish
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