Small-Sided Games
Wide Channel Game: Five Second Counter-Press
Use the width of the pitch
Small-Sided Games
Crossing
Attacking
Wide Channel Game: Five Second Counter-Press is a 20-minute small-sided games drill for 10-20 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
Pressing
Counter Press
Transition
Duration
20 min
Players
10-20
Pitch size
50 x 40 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Objectives
- -Use the width of the pitch
- -Create chances from wide areas
- -Defend the wide overload
Setup
- 1Five yard channels marked down each touchline.
- 2One attacker allowed in each channel at a time.
- 3Full goals with keepers.
Coaching instructions
- 1Only the attacking team may enter the wide channels.
- 2Goals from wide deliveries count double.
- 3Five minute games.
- 4On losing the ball the team has five seconds to win it back before dropping into shape.
Coaching points
- -Switch the ball to the free channel
- -Time the run into the channel
- -Attack the box with at least two players
- -Nearest player presses the ball instantly
- -Others screen the forward pass and squeeze up
Common mistakes
- -Playing everything centrally
- -Channel player standing still
- -No runners in the box