Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating & Exploiting Space in wide areas to deliver low crosses

Screen 1

• RED aim to build up from the GK and exploit wide areas toscore via low crosses into the penalty area
• BLUE aim to play as direct as possible into the front two and look toget shots off quickly
• Throw ins taken as normalNo corners

• BLUE wingers follow wing backs - meaning blue FB can sit in and protect the space in the wide areas

Red Solution:
Main Solution: 

• Quick Switches of play to enable WCB to carry the ball forwards which will force the BLUE wingers tocome forward and engage, leaving the WB free/or forcing the BLUE FB to vacate their position to press WB creatingspace down the sides

Back 3  

• Stay wider in positioning - create more space between them and strikers - quick tempo to switch of play - limit passes/touches -miss players out if possible
• WB- high and wide on the touchlines - aiming to stretch play
• Midfield - occupy central positions to force opposition midfielders to stay central and not pop out and press advancing centre back 
• CF - play on outside shoulders of centre backs - potentially looking to keep fullbacks tucked in freeing up our WB - or if FB do pop out then in good positions to make runs down the sides

• Bodies in the box - if WB delivering then two CF and furthest CM to make the box - opposite WB and other CM arriving in the box to pick up second balls or clearances
• If CF delivering then opposite WB look to make the box also to support