Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Creating & Exploiting Overloads - In wide areas

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This is a specific drill looking at creating & exploiting overloads in wide areas.

The pitch has been set up as full half pitch with 2 target goals on the half way line for the reds to score if they regain possession and in transition.  

i managed The reds working back from a 4231 into 

gk & back 4 & 2 centre mids

I coached the blues working back from a 433 into

1 cb  2 no8s  & 10 & the front 3 

Once I have everyone set up in there position on the pitch I asked the red team to just stay compact try not to press all over the park and just keep a good shape. If they won the ball they were to break out and try and score in the target goals.

I then asked the blues to try and be attacking and try and score goals, if possession is lost can they win it back before the red team score in the target goals.

The only conditions I started with was the blue cb could not leave the centre circle he was allowed to join in with the passing but not leave the centre circle. There would also be no corners we would restart with the blue cb on the half way line in this case.

The timings of the session was 15-20mins with plenty of concurrent interventions & organised restarts from the centre back feeder on the blue team allowing time for recovery and re-organisation.

Various coaching positions as shown were taken up to get different angles and also avoid being in the way.

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Once the blue team put a few passes together at the correct speed at the correct tempo added width to the shape and depth to draw the 2 midfielders out so they could then play around them and work a 2v1 in the wide area. When exploiting the 2 v 1 in the wide are could the no8 travel with ball and attack the space or could he feed the winger down the channel or in behind and fully exploit what was created.