20 min
12-20 players
Small-sided games

Attacking to defensive transition with a 5v3 in a dual zone (U20)

Possession drill that will allow your players to work on the attacking-defensive transition with the possibility of implementing multiple variations.

Animation: Attacking to defensive transition with a 5v3 in a dual zone
Mark out an initial space of 30x25m approximately, then place a second central zone of 20x15m inside this rectangle. Form a team of 5 players that you will place in the central zone, and a team of 7 players with 3 players in the central zone and the remaining 4 players in the large zone.

The exercise begins with a 5vs3 possession game inside the central zone. The objective for the players with a numerical advantage is to make 10 consecutive passes without losing the ball. If the opposing team regains the ball, their objective is to find the outside players to create a 7vs5 in the large zone

When the team of 5 players regains possession, they must play again in the central zone to resume the 5vs3 possession game inside the central zone.

You can work in sessions of 4 to 5 minutes with team rotations.

Variation: set up 2 small goals and organize a 4vs4 in the small zone, as well as 2 players from each team in the wide zone. The objective is then to make 5 consecutive passes in the central zone before finding a teammate outside to finish on the small goals with one-touch play.

Variation: shooting on small goals
Variation: shooting on small goals

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