15 min
6-24 players
Tactical

Zonal defense with a 3v3 in an expanded area

Excellent exercise to work on ball circulation to find a shooting angle. It will allow your players to multiply offensive combinations while having your defenders work on zonal marking.

Description

Mark out a zone in front of the goal of about 30x40m and then define 3 zones of equal width (see animation). Then place 3 defenders (1 per zone) as well as several trios of attackers at the entrance of the zone. The attackers located in the center start with the ball at their feet.

The exercise ...

Zonal defense with a 3v3 in an expanded area

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