Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): Pressing/transition box to box (Start Time: 2018-01-30 18:00:00)

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Summary

This drill is designed to get players to switch from attack to defence quickly as possible and practice pressing the ball.

What's Required?

This can vary but 8 to 10 is ideal. have 2 outlined boxes with roughly the same sized area of space for transition between them. This changes slightly depending on number of players in each box at the start.6m x 6m for 5 players in each box and 5m x 5m for 4 players in each box.

What's the drill?

You have 4 players passing the ball between each other with one in the middle trying to win the ball. When a player loses the ball or the ball goes out of the square, the player that loses the ball becomes a defender and runs to the opposite box. The other box are replicating the same. If the player hasn't won the ball when the player from the other box arrives then they both press as a 2 in the same box. When possesion is lost, that player runs down to the other box to be a defender and the player that just arrived stays and is the defender in the middle. Whilst a box does not have a defender the other players pass and move in the area trying to record as may sucsessfull passes as possible.