Functional Small Sided Exercise - Possession - Cooperation
This functional small sided soccer drill focuses on developing possession and changing sides with combination play.
This soccer game also emphasises innervating the right movements without the ball, positioning in possession and the correct distances between the players in attack.
This small sided soccer drill helps players practise the building attack and possession in defensive and offensive zone.
Organisation
Cones are used to mark 4 squares where the game is played, 2 zones are for the neutral players and 2 attacking zones where only the attackers step over. The exercise is played by 10 field players, 2 neutral players and 2 goalkeepers. Identify the teams with different colours. This soccer game is a functional exercise to the 4-3-3 playing system. The players are located their posts, so there are two central defenders, a holder, two midfielders in the red team and two offensive midfielders, two wingers and a central attacker in the white team. Neutral players play one or two touches and they can act as full backs. The midfielders' positions in the teams and the neutral players' roles change periodically. The attacking zones are divided by the off-side lines, where the ball possessor team's players can step over after depth play. The defending team can't use this area.
Description and Graphics
Teams play a complex 5v5 game with the help of two neutral players. Players' movements are determined in possession. The blue team's central attacker can move sideward in two squares, wingers and offensive midfielders play in two areas in their sides. The red team's central defenders move in their own grids, holder acts in all four squares, midfielders move in two areas in their sides. The players defend according to their posts but they use all squares while defending.
The team in possession can score a goal after both neutral players hit the ball so the players must change sides with combination play.