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LOGINForcing the play
Use this activity to train your players to make opposition forwards go hungry by cutting off their supply lines.
WHY USE IT
Players protecting the defence will often find themselves in different number combinations – quite frequently, they will be on their own facing quick attackers. This drill coaches individual players to force play and block advancing opponents.
SET UP
Set up an area of 30x15 yards, split into three 10-yard zones. You will need balls, bibs, cones and two goals. We have used 12 players.
HOW TO PLAY
Split players into two teams of six, including goalkeepers. One team plays 2-2-1; the other plays 2-1-2. Players are in zones, as per the illustration, and must stay in their zones. The set up should be 2v2, 2v1 and 2v1. Play starts with a pass out from the goalkeeper to one set of defenders, and the ball must be received in each zone to make it count as an attack. Players in the middle zone must try to protect their back two.
COACHING POINTS
- Cutting off supply lines to the front players is a mixture of blocking, pressing and intercepting. Players in the midfield face a 2v1, making it easier for one team and harder for the other to protect the back four.
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