IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SUPPORTINGFROM DEEP
Dougie Freedman CRYSTAL PALACE
Dougie Freedman is one of the Football League’s newest managers having moved into the Crystal Palace hotseat in January of this year.
The former striker was already caretaker manager at Selhurst Park, and in stepping up to the full manager’s role he brought with him a wealth of experience, having served the south London club faithfully as a player for a decade.
On the pitch, Freedman made 368 appearances for Palace scoring 108 goals, as well as enjoying spells at Barnet, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Southend United.
He also earned two international caps with Scotland.
because yellows are prevented from moving into the other half to tackle back, blues only have three touches before shooting at goal. After the attack, play is restarted with the yellow team on the halfway line. We play this for four sets of eight minutes.
What are the key things to look for technically/ tactically?
In technical terms, we look for confident passing with balls being played into feet, at varying heights and with good accuracy.
Players also need to hit space, ensuring a weight and angle of pass that makes running on to the ball easy. We encourage a variation of aerial and grounded assists.
“Support play varies between runs in behind, blindside runs, peeled runs, plus overlaps and underlaps.”
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In tactical terms, we rely on the awareness and intelligence of our players, as support play varies between runs in behind, blindside runs, peeled runs, plus overlaps and underlaps. All of these moves require supporting from deep with good timing, clever angles, and an appreciation of distance, both from the ball player and towards the goal.
How doI progress the session?
We progress by allowing yellow defenders to now pursue the blue breakaway moves. Should they regain possession, they attack the other goal.
KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
The blue team break unopposed in the other half and are allowedthree touches to score
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2 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Progressing the session allows defenders back to tackle
3 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
The ball is set back for a shot on goal though yellow players have recovered well
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