Possession
Finishing Four Zone Keep Ball
Keep possession while moving the ball between zones
Possession
Team Shape
Passing
Finishing Four Zone Keep Ball is a 20-minute possession drill for 8-18 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Team Shape
Passing
Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Finishing
Duration
20 min
Players
8-18
Pitch size
36 x 32 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Finishing Four Zone Keep Ball — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 36 x 32 yards
Step 1 of 5The team in possession must complete three passes before changing zone.
- 1. The team in possession must complete three passes before changing zone.
- 2. A zone change scores one point.
- 3. Defenders press with limited numbers per zone.
- 4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
- 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
- -Keep possession while moving the ball between zones
- -Create numerical advantages in each zone
- -Coach when to keep and when to progress
Setup
- 1A square split into four equal zones in a 36 x 32 yards area.
- 2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
- 3Balls with the coach, two sets of bibs.
Coaching instructions
- 1The team in possession must complete three passes before changing zone.
- 2A zone change scores one point.
- 3Defenders press with limited numbers per zone.
- 4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
- 5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
Coaching points
- -Move the ball to move the defence
- -Occupy all four zones
- -Change zone when the press arrives
- -Head up before the strike — pick the side, then commit
Common mistakes
- -Everybody in the ball zone
- -Forcing the zone change too early
- -Rushing the shot and leaning back over the ball
Where this drill fits
- More football possession drills
- More football team shape drills
- More football passing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme