15 min
14-24 players
Small-sided games

Timed High Press Against an 8v6 Build-Up (U20)

A timed game that installs the collective reference points of the high press, teaching your players to steer the opposition's passing sequences before triggering the regain and the transition.

Description

On a half pitch, set up a full-size goal with a goalkeeper at one end. Form a build-up team of 8 outfield players, set up in a partial 4-2-2-2 shape (without the front two, with four players forming a square in the central area), and a pressing team of 6 players, set up in a partial shape (withou...

Timed High Press Against an 8v6 Build-Up

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