6v3 Activation Rondo
Six players on the outside of a 20 × 20 m square keep the ball from three defenders. A warm-up rondo that ends with the defenders pressing at match intensity.
- Age
- U13–Senior
- Players
- 9–12
- Duration
- 10 min
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Intensity
- Medium
- Area
- 20 × 20 m
- Type
- Tactical
- Approach
- Global
- Format
- Possession game
- Objectives
- Technical: Passing
- Tactical: Ball possession, Pressing
- Concepts worked on
Training diagram
Legend
- Attacker
- Defender
- Pass
- Run without ball
- Ball
- Cone
With three defenders the rondo stops being comfortable: the outside players must move along the line to open passing angles, and defenders work as a unit to close the middle. Short series raise the intensity at the end of the warm-up.
Objective
Raise the intensity before the main part with quick circulation and coordinated pressing.
Organisation
- Square of 20 × 20 m. Six outside players (one or two per side), three defenders inside in bibs.
How it works
- Outside players keep possession, two touches.
- The three defenders swap with three outside players every 90 seconds.
- 4 × 90 seconds.
Coaching points
- Outside: move along the line to stay visible; receive half-turned.
- Look for the pass through the middle that splits two defenders.
- Defenders: one presses, two close the passing lanes behind.
Progressions
- One-touch.
- Defenders score a point by winning the ball and passing out of the square.
Regressions
- Bigger square (25 × 25 m) or 6v2.
Variations
- Ten passes in a row = point; a split pass between two defenders = two points.
Key principles
- Angles outside, compact inside.
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