Attacking
Rotation Final Third Entry
Break into the final third with purpose
Attacking
Passing
Finishing
Rotation Final Third Entry is a 22-minute attacking drill for 8-18 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs, 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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Goals Needed
Rotation
Duration
22 min
Players
8-18
Pitch size
44 x 34 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Rotation Final Third Entry — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 44 x 34 yards
Step 1 of 5The attacking team builds up in the first zone with limited defenders.
- 1. The attacking team builds up in the first zone with limited defenders.
- 2. Entry into the final third releases two supporting runners.
- 3. The attack must finish inside ten seconds of entry.
- 4. Play starts at station one and the ball works round the numbers in order.
- 5. Every player must complete each role once before the round is scored.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- S = server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Break into the final third with purpose
- -Combine between midfield and attack
- -Finish the attack with a shot on goal
Setup
- 1A pitch split into a build-up zone and a final third in a 44 x 34 yards area.
- 2Number every station so players know exactly where they travel to next.
- 3Balls with the build-up team, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1The attacking team builds up in the first zone with limited defenders.
- 2Entry into the final third releases two supporting runners.
- 3The attack must finish inside ten seconds of entry.
- 4Play starts at station one and the ball works round the numbers in order.
- 5Every player must complete each role once before the round is scored.
Coaching points
- -Enter the final third with the head up
- -Runners go beyond, not around
- -Finish the attack quickly
- -Follow your pass — the movement is part of the practice
Common mistakes
- -Slow, sideways build-up
- -Entering with no support
- -Staying in a favourite role and avoiding the harder one
Where this drill fits
- More football attacking drills
- More football passing drills
- More football finishing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme