This exercise has been used by ex Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini. It’s a great workout for your players and gives everyone involved a realistic idea of what they have to do when the opposition breaks away with the ball.
When you play it, your players can hit long balls or fast, one-touch soccer and combination play to get the ball up the pitch. Just make sure your attacker is ready.
The player left up the pitch needs to be strong and fast to get to the ball first and hold it up. Using the exercise in the pictures, you can replicate a counter attack by holding the forwards and defenders in two boxes before releasing them.
The attackers are racing away with the ball while the defenders are forced to make recovery runs.
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