12 min
10-14 players
Tactical
The double circle: working on spaces (attack/defense)
Ideal exercise to train your players to reduce spaces to prevent the through ball (defensively) and create spaces to facilitate ball movement (offensively).
Description
Mark out 2 circles (one 5m and one 30m in diameter) using cones. The small circle should be located at the center of the large one. Place 6 attackers within the large circle, and 1 attacker at the heart of the small circle. Add 3 defenders within the large circle.
The attackers move the ball aro...
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