Penetration

Time: 30 | Age groups: U12-U16, U17+

Aims and outcomes

Players will understand:

• How penetration fits into the principles of play
• What is meant by penetration
• The different ways to penetrate
• How penetration fits into tactic

The team will benefit from:

• Understanding why they focus on certain skills and tactics in training
• Knowing how to attack more effectively in a game situation

What you'll need

Different class types required different resources. This table sets out what we think you'll need in each scenario, but feel free to amend it if you find something that works for you.

Resources

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Certificate

Activities

When you've delivered the class you'll want to embed the learning with some practical activities. We recommend trying some or all of the activities below in your coaching sessions to put the theory into practice.

Combine to penetrate

This small-sided game looks to develop combination play to penetrate from the middle third to the attacking third to score goals. MORE

Free kick either side of goal

Free kick from the 1994 World Cup taken by Thomas Brolin which caught the imagination of football fans and gave coaches new ideas for scoring goals from free kicks MORE

Hotshot

Use this lively attacking session to get your strikers working well with team-mates to set-up solid goalscoring chances for your team. This helps encourage players to shoot without fear of missing. It is a fast, attacking session, using off-pitch creators to help tee up scoring chances. MORE

Handball overlaps

This is a game to be played like basketball or rugby style passing the ball in the hands to show how players make one-twos and third man runs. MORE