Soccer Exercise
8 vs 8 with a Passing Target
- Age U14 - U19, Men's / Women's
- Training Set Main point, End
- Number of Players 10-15 players, 16-22+ players
Setup
Pitch: Tall cones mark the target line; plus one goal.
Equipment: Tall cones, 1 goal and several balls.
Players: Two teams of eight — Yellow and Blue — plus one goalkeeper. The coach stands behind the target line.
Procedure
- The coach starts every move with a lofted ball.
- The yellow team plays for possession and involves the goalkeeper in the build-up in order to create a numerical advantage.
- Yellow has the task of keeping the ball for 30 seconds; that earns one point.
- After the 30 seconds, Yellow can combine in behind and pass to the coach behind the target line or dribble over the target line; that earns a further point.
- If Team Blue wins the ball, that earns one point. If Blue then scores, two more points are added.
Tip
- Make the game wide and big.
- Play out of the pressure again and again.
- Play the switches through quickly — with two touches and by bypassing positions.
- Do not play back into the pressure.
Training attributes
Tactics
- Tactics
- Team behavior Opening the field Transitional play (shifting the game) Transition drill Man down/Man up
Training Organization
- Age
- U14 - U19 Men's / Women's
- Duration
- 30 min
- Training Set
- Main point End
- Number of Players
- 10-15 players 16-22+ players
- Goalkeeper
- 1 goalkeeper 2 goalies
- Form of Training
- Group training Team training
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
- Training Location
- Pitch