Teaching midfielders and forwards how to get the better of a defensive trap and stay onside.
When defences play a high line or favour the offside trap, they are always vulnerable. This teaches players to get behind the defence with well-timed runs and passes.
Playing area can vary from 40x30 yards to a full pitch, depending on age and ability of your group. Divide the area into thirds. Each end third has three defenders and two attackers, and the centre contains four midfielders.
The server begins each phase by passing to any midfielder. Midfielders combine before passing to a forward at either end. Under pressure from defenders, forwards hold the ball up and pass back to any midfielder. As soon as the ball is passed back, all opposing defenders must step up to try to play the forwards offside.
Both forwards must drop to stay onside. As they do so, midfield players make forward runs from deeper positions and the midfielder in possession attempts to find them with well-timed, angled passes.
Forwards must act as decoys and learn to stay onside. Midfielders should consider the timing, speed and angle of their runs and passes.
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