Session for Optimizing Positional Play and Offensive Combinations in the Central Area

This session focused on positional play develops game awareness and offensive combinations through progressive exercises, from square passing drills to possession situations with numerical advantage/disadvantage.

Drill #1

Information Gathering on a Sequence of Passes in 4v4

Perfect warm-up exercise to work on information gathering before, during, and after the pass. It will require your players to be attentive to their surroundings while emphasizing the technical aspect of passing....

Drill #2

Combining offensively using a pivot in 5v5

Possession drill that will allow your players to work on offensive combinations using a central player who will act as a pivot....

Drill #3

Possession game in 2v4 then 4v8 with central zone

Small-sided game with 3 teams of 4 players and a central zone ("river") to work on positioning and movement in tight spaces....

Drill #4

Diamond play with passing combinations

Simple drill to set up but allows working on the diamond shape from different angles and through various combinations. This is actually a drill used by the German national team during a training session....

Session Objectives & Focus Areas

Passes Positional play Circuit Pressing Cognitive Scanning Using width Possession

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