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70 min
4 drills
U16 - Seniors

Circulation, Positional Play and the Overlap, the De Zerbi Way

Three drills and a warm-up drawn from separate Roberto De Zerbi sessions, brought together here to work in sequence on circulation in a tight space, playing out under a numerical overload, then wide combination play into a cross.

Drill #1

Warm-up: Possession with numerical advantage and defensive pressing

Warm-up: Possession with numerical advantage and defensive pressing

15 min
12-16 players
Warm-up
U17 - Seniors
By creating a numerical advantage situation for the attackers in a small space, your players work on both game awareness, ball movement, and ball retention (attack) as well as coordinated pressing (defenders)....

Drill #2

Rotation Through the Central Pivot With a Cut Between Two Cones Before the Shot

Rotation Through the Central Pivot With a Cut Between Two Cones Before the Shot

15 min
6-24 players
Technical
U16 - Seniors
A drill that sharpens quick circulation through the central pivot and a clean cut before the shot, inside a deliberately tight space....

Drill #3

7v4 Overload With joker-Led Build-Up

7v4 Overload With joker-Led Build-Up

20 min
10-26 players
Small-sided games
U16 - Seniors
A positional game that installs a constant numerical overload to play out of pressure, drawing the opposing block in before flipping play from one end of the setup to the other....

Drill #4

Wide Combination Into an Overlap and a Cross

Wide Combination Into an Overlap and a Cross

20 min
10-28 players
Tactical
U16 - Seniors
A drill that installs the timing between the inside lay-off and the overlapping run, bringing two players onto a cross with the finishing zones fully occupied....

Session Objectives & Focus Areas

Shooting Passes Circuit Pressing Scanning Overload Offensive combinations

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