5v5 Possession With Neutral Players

This small sided soccer exercise emphasises developing possession and changing sides with combination play.

Published: 05.04.2011.
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Category: Soccer Drills - Small Sided Soccer Games
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Age Age: 12 - 20+
Difficulty Difficulty: 3
Space Space: Reduced
Keeper Keeper: 0
Players Players: 13 - 18
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Organisation

Cones are used to create an approximately 35x35 meters area.
Identify two teams of five with different colors and a neutral player in the area.
Two more neutral players are placed on the two sides of the area. (These neutral players can be the goalkeepers.)

Duration: 4-5 min.
Rest: 2 min.

Description and Graphics

In this soccer drill the emphasis is on possession and changing sides with combinative play.
The neutral player in the middle helps the team in possession. Neutral players outside the area are the targets.
Team in possession tries to possess the ball and change the sides continuously.
When defending team intercepts the ball teams change role automatically.
When the ball is out coach serves a new ball.

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Variation

This small sided soccer drill can be played with a different number of players.

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