IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ROCHDALE
Keith Hill and Chris Beech
Regain and retain techniques when out- numbered Overview:
This session is imperative for reminding our lads that, in any game, possession is king, with players under pressure to regain and retain possession when outnumbered. At the heart of this is looking for a ‘sacrificial press’ in recovering possession quickly, then looking to retain the ball in what we call the ‘five-yard pass’.
It’s important to practise this to encourage players to have a psychological process to how we want to play, and we see this occur in every game in terms of flooding an area and regaining the ball in a full inclusive press. It’s all about improving fitness, decision-making under pressure and, ultimately, possession of the ball in pressured environments.
The session is split into three parts, where combinations can be put into place depending on the proposed outcomes. For example, on ‘sprint days’ (see notes), it’s likely we’ll go from the Extended Warm-up straight into the game.
6 JANUARY 2015
REGAIN AND RETAIN TECHNIQUES WHEN OUTNUMBERED 1 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Warm-up In the Warm-up it’s 6v2 in each box, with teams having the option to switch between areas whilst still using tight pressing and ‘the five-yard pass’
16v8 Possession 2
1 Reds work well in pressing quickly at high energy
2 They have successfully managed to box in the blue team’s passing options
SET-UP AREA
Up to 70x50 yards EQUIPMENT
Balls, cones, goals NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Up to 24 SESSION TIME
Up to 70mins
What do I get the players to do?
Warm-up (1)
We set the tone with a simple ‘possession is king’ situation - 6v2 in three possession boxes; two players always defending. Players are all-in, and if a player gives the ball away he swaps with a defender. We play anything from 3-12mins.
Players must retain possession with good positioning and smart
‘five-yard passing’, preferably for the full allotted time. More than that though, we want to see at which point players ‘give up’. From here, we rebuild the mental side - encouraging concentration and letting defenders believe they will achieve a turnover.
16v8 possession (2)
Now we move into a more game-related practice where, again, the principles are the
3 The red full-back moves across to cover any potential pass through the gap
key, not necessarily the set-up. This is 16v8 on a half-pitch, with three teams of eight playing three-minute rounds. Defenders are always chasing and outnumbered for the allotted time, and must lock in the first pass before looking to create mini-overloads (even though outnumbered). On turnover, quick and intense passes must be made, with players displaying the ability, if passed through,
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