Defensive retreat – Negative Transition
- Balls
- 5 vests
- 1 goal
- Playing: regulatory field
- Players: 16
- Duration: 16 minutes
- Series: 2 of 8 minutes each
Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Game situation to train the defensive position to carry out an immediate retreat after losing the ball. |
Vestibular information, Escape, Accelerating run, Finishing, Man on man, Solid and unit, Attack the goal, Defensive positioning of a player based on teammates positioning, Go down, Coverage on the dangerous areas |
Inside a regulatory field arrange the white team to simulate the 4-3-3 system of play. The 5 red opponents position themselves as shown in the picture, ready to counter attack.
The exercise begins with the white team possessing the ball with the task to develop an attacking action to shoot on goal. The development of the action has to involve in turns all wide defenders who cross with the strikers attacking the goal to shoot. As soon as they cross, the coach (in green in the example) introduces a new ball by giving it to one of the red players. The 3 defenders (3, 4 and 5 in the picture) start a negative transition by withdrawing to the recovery line (the yellow line in the example) with the central midfielder (6 in the figure) having sufficient time to regain their position in front of the defensive line. After reaching the recovery line, the defenders have to leave it when the opponents are about 10 meters/11 yards away. The central midfielder has to insert themselves in the defensive line. The side defender (number 2) after crossing, has to return quickly to their defensive position.
- Alternate a play development with crosses from the left side to one with crosses from the right side
- Rotate the 5 red players with 5 white team members after a set number of game actions
- Vary the timings when introducing the second ball
- Vary the zones in which the second ball is introduced
- Give the opportunity to the red team to shoot on goal
- Involve the whole team in the defensive retreat
- Add a red player in the box to challenge the cross by the white team
- Verify the correct development of the action by the white team, that have to shoot as soon as possible
- Verify the positioning of the body for the defensive line
- Supervise the running lines of defenders in retreating: they have to trace a running line towards the goal
- Supervise the insertion of the central midfielder in the defensive line