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Jimmy Gilligan STEVENAGE
A prolific lower league goalscorer, the Hammersmith-born 47-year-old found the net for a number of clubs including Cardiff City, Swansea City, Portsmouth and Watford during a 12-year professional career that ended in 1993.
Following his retirement, he took on several roles at Watford, including Assistant Academy Director and Head of Football in the Community. He went to on serve Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon and MK Dons, and has also scouted for Stuart Pearce’s England Under-21 set-up. He joined Stevenage in May 2010.
When passing the ball, we look for good weight and direction. Care and attention over the type of pass is important as well – we want players to concentrate on weight, speed, and whether the ball should be driven, punched, caressed or chipped.
How would you put this into a game situation?
In a larger area measuring 40x40 yards we play a directional game with passers, target men and screeners. Starting with a 4v4 in the middle, white players score a point by getting the ball to and receiving a pass back from their target player in either of the far zones. White players have a target man on each side zone. The target areas are five yards wide.
Players in the first channel are screeners, initially trying to prevent a pass reaching the target player. But should it make it through, they then need to cut out the return ball coming back the other way.
“Players in the first channel are screeners, initially trying to prevent a pass reaching the target player.”
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The target player is only allowed two touches. Either team scoring a point by receiving a pass from a target player then attacks in the other direction. Any move that breaks down is restarted in the middle.
1 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
The white player looks to pass to a target man, but his grey opponent prepares to step across and cover
2 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble A pass is made from the
target player back into the middle and a point is scored
3 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Here a pass is intercepted and blues work quickly to feed the left target man
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