maintain/avoid maintaining drills
Practice set-up
3v2 objective for the defenders recover the ball and pass to the teammate outside. After 2 ball recoveries swap position with the defender outside. Change of teams role after time.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical-Avoid Maintaining. Physical: Strength
Players: 18 (3 groups)
Key coaching points
-Press and coverage.
-Anticipation, tackle, close passing lines, communication between defenders…
-Moment of the recovery, decision, aggressivity ...
Practice set-up
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical-Maintain possession/Avoid Maintaining.
Players: 4v4+1 (9)
4v4+1, objective maintain ball possession. If defenders recover they maintain possession. 4 zones: in attack use 4, in defense 2-3.
Key coaching points
-Space management to master inside and outside play.
-In defence: 1 press the ball 2 cover passing lines.
-Support movements, offer passing lines to player with ball.
-Change of mind, speed in the transitions.
Practice set-up
Rondos 3v1 and strength-endurance work. Team that loses the ball has to run until the stick before defending. Team that was defending maintains in the free zone.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Physical.Tactical maintain possession/avoid maintaining
Players: 4 groups of 3 (12)
Key coaching points
-Space management to maintain possession.
-Support movements, offer passing lines to player with ball.
-Change of mind, maximum speed to defend fast.
-Aggressivity when defending, moments to steal the ball (press-tackle-interception).
Practice set-up
4v4 2 zones. A team maintains ball possession in his side, 3 opponents press and 1 stays in his side to receive after recovering, pass back and shot to small goals.
Key coaching points
-Space management to maintain possession.
-Aggressivity when defending, moments to steal the ball (press-tackle-interception).
-Change of mind, speed in the transitions. Find teammate of the other side and move there to finish in small goals.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical avoid maintaining/offensive transition
Players: 4v4 (8)
Practice set-up
3 different teams 2 keep possession 1 defends. If the defender team recovers the ball they can score in the BG or the 3 smalls and the team who loss possession defends the transition. Defending team changes after time.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical avoid maintaining/offensive transition.
Physical Endurance
Players: 3 teams of 5 (15)
Key coaching points
-Defending team make the pressure together.
-Identify pressing moments: bad controls, bad passes, bad body position, player against the side line…
-Fast attack after recovering the ball, forward movements.
Practice set-up
8v6 in one zone, when defenders recover the ball pass it to their teammates of their zone and maintain the ball possession there and 6 of the other team defend.
Key coaching points
-Space management and offensive technique to maintain.
-Defending team make the pressure together.
-Identify pressing moments: bad controls, bad passes, bad body position, player against the side line…
-Offensive transition, safety pass and offer passing lines fast to maintain.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical maintain/avoid maintaining - offensive transition
Players: 8v8 (16)
Practice set-up
Blues maintain possession of the ball. Reds defend in groups of 4 players during 1 minute then swap. 1 minute defend - 1 minute rest for 8 minutes per team. If reds recover finish in small goals. Count recoveries and goals of defending team.
Key coaching points
-Defending group press together.
-Identify pressing moments: bad controls, bad passes, bad body position, player against the side line…
-Maximum effort in the minute of defensive moment.
-Fast offensive transition after recovering the ball.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical avoid maintaining. Physical-Endurance
Players: 16 (2 teams)
Practice set-up
6+2v6+2. Maintain ball possession and try to connect with the teammates in the jails to work switching the play. When the player in the jail receives swap position with the player that made the pass.
Key coaching points
-Space management, players close and far from the ball to switch the play.
-Attract defenders on one side to progress to the other side.
-Combination triangles to maintain the ball and switch the play.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical maintain possession - switching the play
Players: 6+2v6+2 (16)
Practice set-up
4v1 dynamic rondos. Player that loses the ball has to go to defend to the free rondo running between the sticks ont he middle.
Key coaching points
-Space management to maintain possession.
-Support movements, offer passing lines to player with ball.
-Change of mind, maximum speed to defend fast.
-Aggressivity when defending, moments to steal the ball (press-tackle-interception).
Moment: Main Part
Type: Physical.Tactical maintain possession/avoid maintaining. Technical control-pass
Players: 19
Practice set-up
6v3 2 zones. A 5v2 is played in the ball side with the objective of playing back and deep with the player on the other side. Then players move to that zone to maintain with the same structure.
Key coaching points
-Space management to maintain possession.
-Movements, plays back and deep to switch the ball to the other side.
-When switching to the other side fast movements to offer passing lines and keep the ball.
Moment: Main Part
Type: Tactical maintain, play back and deep
Players: 6v3 (9)
