Deep Penetration with Underlap

This soccer passing drill emphasises innervating the deep penetrating run with underlap and developing the cooperation of the players to prepare for breaking the opponents' defending line by depth play. The exercise also focuses on improving the timing, orientation, the passing and dribbling skills.

Published: 09.04.2015.
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Category: Soccer Drills - Soccer Passing Drills
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Age Age: 14 - 20+
Difficulty Difficulty: 4
Space Space: Quarter
Keeper Keeper: 0
Players Players: 12 - 18
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Organisation

Players and equipment are arranged as shown.
Distances of the players' position and the sticks must be counted and planned according to the age-group and players' technical skills.
12 - 16 players can take part in the soccer passing drill for the optimal execution.
Players change their positions in alphabetical order continuously.
This soccer passing drill is executed with two balls together and performed to both directions.

Two variations can be seen.

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Players perform different combinations and deep penetrating runs.
The accurate passes, timing of underlaps and movements are very important.
The players must orientate and perceive the situation of the ball and if it's necessary they must speed up or slow down while underlapping to get the ball in the right time.

The harmonization of movements and passes are also imperative because of the balls must be synchronized.

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