15 min
8-12 players
Tactical

Possession with Numerical Advantage

Simple but very effective exercise to work on attacking-defensive transitions. Possession game with a numerical advantage: use the spaces intelligently!

Description

Mark out a playing area of approximately 40x30m and form 2 teams (5vs5 for example).

The exercise is quite simple: possession within the playing area, the team that loses the ball must send out 2 players. As soon as the ball is recovered, the 2 players can re-enter the field. You can count the n...

Possession with Numerical Advantage

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