Help improve your teams ability to defend when outnumbered with these three training drills. You may need footballs, football bibs and football goals for these sessions.
Session 1.
Structure:
-Set up the area as above.
Rules:
-Back four and the goal keeper defend the goal.
-The two teams on the half take turns to attack the goal.
-If the defenders win the ball the attacking team sprint to the half way line in four seconds and the other team attacks.
-Play for 15 minutes.
Session 2.
Structure:
-Set up the area as above.
4v4
-Yellows play red 7v13.
-Yellows are winning the game 2-0 with 15 minutes to go.
Point System
-All yellows must get behind the ball in 3 seconds otherwise the reds get a goal.
-Red must have 3 players supporting the player on the ball within 2 seconds or yellows get a goal.
Session 3.
Structure:
-Set up the area as above.
Rules:
-Reds attack the yellows 7v5.
-As soon as the yellows win possession of the ball, 3 reds must leave the game and return to the half way line.
-The yellows now have 7 seconds to score 5v3.
