6v4 Possession with Transition to Wide Cross and Box Defending

Objective

Keep the ball under pressure and, after losing it, recover quickly to defend the box against a wide cross. The blues work on pressing, breaking out fast after a regain and attacking crosses.

Organisation

• Mark a 40 × 24 m possession square with orange cones in the half of the area furthest from the goal.
• Mark two 10 × 24 m wide channels with yellow cones, one on each side of the goal.
• Place a full-size goal with a goalkeeper and mark a 32 × 16 m box in front of it with blue cones.
• Six reds play keep-ball against four blues inside the square.
• The coach stands outside the square with the balls to restart quickly.
• With more than 11 players, the extra players wait outside in bibs and come in as substitutes each series.

Equipment

• Balls × 15
• Cones × 10
• Bibs × 12
• Full-size goal × 1

How it works

1. Every action starts with the coach passing to a red player inside the square.
2. The reds score 1 point for every 8 consecutive passes.
3. If the ball leaves the square during keep-ball, the coach restarts with a red ball.
4. When the blues win the ball, they must get it into a wide channel by dribbling or passing.
5. The reds may not enter the channels, so the blue in the channel crosses unopposed.
6. The other blues attack the box while the reds stop keeping the ball and recover to defend the cross.
7. The blues can only score from a wide cross, with a header or a first-time finish.
8. The blues have 10 seconds from the regain to cross; if they do not, the action ends.
9. Each blue goal is worth 3 points.
10. After a clearance, a goalkeeper catch, a goal or the ball going out, the coach restarts with a red ball in the square.
11. Play 4 series of 3 minutes with 1 minute of recovery, rotating four different players into the blue team each series.