Transition
Defence To Attack Breakout: Overload Rotation
Break out of the defensive third at speed
Transition
Playing Out From The Back
Attacking
Defence To Attack Breakout: Overload Rotation is a 20-minute transition drill for 10-20 players, suitable for Under 11 to Adults at 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.
Back to drill libraryTransition
Playing Out From The Back
Attacking
Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Overload
Possession
Numbers Up
Duration
20 min
Players
10-20
Pitch size
Three-quarter pitch
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Defence To Attack Breakout: Overload Rotation — Marked area · Three-quarter pitch
Step 1 of 4Defending team wins the ball and breaks out to score in the halfway goal.
- 1. Defending team wins the ball and breaks out to score in the halfway goal.
- 2. They must complete three passes before scoring.
- 3. Ten repetitions then swap.
- 4. One team plays with an extra player for two minutes then the overload rotates.
- Cones mark the area
- Dashed lines = zones / thirds
- Ball
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Break out of the defensive third at speed
- -Find the first forward pass
- -Support the breakout in numbers
Setup
- 1Defending unit plus keeper in their own third.
- 2Attacking unit pressing them, with a target goal at halfway.
- 3Balls with the coach behind the goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Defending team wins the ball and breaks out to score in the halfway goal.
- 2They must complete three passes before scoring.
- 3Ten repetitions then swap.
- 4One team plays with an extra player for two minutes then the overload rotates.
Coaching points
- -First pass out of the pressure zone
- -Wide players push high immediately
- -Carry the ball if the pass is not on
- -Use the free player to break the first line
- -Defending team stays compact and delays
Common mistakes
- -Everyone dropping deep on the regain
- -Aimless clearance
- -Slow support runs