Finishing
3v2 Attack To Goal
Exploit an overload quickly
Finishing
Attacking
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3v2 Attack To Goal is a 20-minute finishing drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, bibs, full goals, cones. 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
6-18
Pitch size
40 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
3v2 Attack To Goal — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 40 x 30 yards
Step 1 of 4Coach releases the ball, attackers have six seconds to score.
- 1. Coach releases the ball, attackers have six seconds to score.
- 2. Defenders win it and pass into a halfway line target to score.
- 3. Rotate every group after each attack.
- 4. Rotation: Rotate every group after each attack.
- 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 an overload quickly
- -Finish within six seconds of starting
- -Defend an underload as a pair
Setup
- 1Full goal with a keeper on the halfway line side.
- 2Three attackers start from the halfway line.
- 3Two defenders start on the edge of the box.
Coaching instructions
- 1Coach releases the ball, attackers have six seconds to score.
- 2Defenders win it and pass into a halfway line target to score.
- 3Rotate every group after each attack.
Coaching points
- -Attack the space quickly before defenders recover
- -Width from the outside players to stretch the two
- -Take the shot when it is on
- -Defenders delay, angle and force wide
Common mistakes
- -Slow build up that lets defenders set
- -Everyone attacking the same channel
- -Defenders splitting apart and getting split