Overload Turnover Game

Objective

• -React quickly to winning and losing the ball
• -Attack fast in the seconds after a turnover
• -Get organised fast when possession is lost

Setup

1. 1A pitch with mini goals at both ends and a coach ball supply on the side in a 40 x 32 yards area.
2. 2Split the group so the attacking side always has one spare player, and park the spare bibs on the halfway cone.
3. 3Balls with the coach, two sets of bibs.

How to play

1. 1Play a normal game with the coach serving new balls at random.
2. 2Every turnover starts a five-second attacking window.
3. 3Goals in the window count double.
4. 4The spare player joins whichever side has the ball, so the attack always works with a plus-one.
5. 5A goal or completed end action counts double if the spare player touched the ball in the build-up.

Progressions

• +Remove the overload for the last two rounds
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Give the attack two spare players
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Rotate the spare player every 90 seconds
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Slow reaction to the turnover
• -Everybody attacking with no cover
• -Spare player standing still instead of offering an angle