Attacking
Attacking Overloads 3v2
Exploit a numerical advantage quickly
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Attacking Overloads 3v2 is a 20-minute attacking drill for 8-18 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, bibs, cones, full goals. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Duration
20 min
Players
8-18
Pitch size
40 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Attacking Overloads 3v2 — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 40 x 30 yards
Step 1 of 3Coach releases the ball and the attackers break at goal.
- 1. Coach releases the ball and the attackers break at goal.
- 2. Attack must finish within 10 seconds.
- 3. Defenders counter into a mini goal on halfway if they win it.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach serving, S = second server
- Ball
- Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Keeper distributes back to the server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Exploit a numerical advantage quickly
- -Attack at speed with quality decisions
- -Finish attacks within 10 seconds
Setup
- 1Half pitch with a goal and keeper.
- 2Three attackers start on halfway, two defenders inside.
- 3Balls with the coach on halfway.
Coaching instructions
- 1Coach releases the ball and the attackers break at goal.
- 2Attack must finish within 10 seconds.
- 3Defenders counter into a mini goal on halfway if they win it.
Coaching points
- -Run with the ball into the space, force a defender to commit
- -Width first, then attack the box
- -Release the pass at the right moment, not too early
- -Third attacker runs beyond, not alongside
Common mistakes
- -Passing too early and killing the overload
- -Attackers running in a flat line
- -Slow, indecisive first touch