Soccer Exercise
Zonal Play with Pressing
- Age U6 - U13, U14 - U19, Men's / Women's
- Training Set Main point
- Number of Players 10-15 players, 16-22+ players
Setup
- Cones to divide into 3 zones (2 outer zones, 1 middle zone)
- Cones to mark a line for each team (yellow and blue cones here) representing the pressing line (in this case, midfield pressing)
Procedure
- Team yellow plays against team blue towards 2 goals.
- In the middle zone, the ball can only be played with 2 touches.
- Free play in the two outer zones.
- For the blue team, the blue-marked line is the pressing line.
- For the yellow team, the yellow-marked line is the pressing line.
Tip
Coaching Points:
- The team in possession has time due to the "inactive" zone and can combine until gaps appear in the opponents.
- The team applying pressing should coordinate and shift as a unit.
Training attributes
Tactics
- Tactics
- Team behavior Pressing Opening the field Player behavior Transition drill
Training Organization
- Age
- U6 - U13 U14 - U19 Men's / Women's
- Duration
- 30 min
- Training Set
- Main point
- Number of Players
- 10-15 players 16-22+ players
- Goalkeeper
- 2 goalies 3 goalies 3+ goalies
- Form of Training
- Team training
- Exercise level
- Intermediate
- Training Location
- Pitch