Tempo Wave Attack Transition

Objective

• -Defend repeated waves of attack
• -Attack quickly against a settling defence
• -Build game-realistic repetition

Setup

1. 1A half pitch with attacking waves waiting on halfway in a 47 x 36 yards area.
2. 2Set a visible timer or have an assistant count aloud from the side of the area.
3. 3Balls with each wave, keeper in goal, two sets of bibs.

How to play

1. 1The first wave attacks the defenders and the goal.
2. 2The moment the ball is dead the next wave attacks immediately.
3. 3Defenders stay on for three waves before rotating.
4. 4The clock starts the moment the first pass is played in.
5. 5The sequence must reach the end action inside eight seconds or the rep is void.

Progressions

• +Cut the clock to six seconds
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Stretch the clock to twelve seconds
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Reps finished inside five seconds score double
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Waves waiting too long
• -Defenders not resetting shape
• -Slow, sideways passing that burns the clock