Transition
Rest Defence Organisation: Switch To Score
Organise behind the ball while attacking
Transition
Team Shape
Defending
Rest Defence Organisation: Switch To Score is a 20-minute transition drill for 10-20 players, suitable for Under 13 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.
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Team Shape
Defending
Skill Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Switching Play
Decision Making
Duration
20 min
Players
10-20
Pitch size
Two thirds of a pitch
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Rest Defence Organisation: Switch To Score — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Two thirds of a pitch
Step 1 of 4While attacking, two defenders and a midfielder must remain in the rest defence zone.
- 1. While attacking, two defenders and a midfielder must remain in the rest defence zone.
- 2. If the defending team counters they score in the halfway goals.
- 3. Twelve attacks then swap.
- 4. A goal only counts after the ball has been switched from one side of the pitch to the other.
- 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
- -Organise behind the ball while attacking
- -Stop the counter before it starts
- -Balance risk and security
Setup
- 1Attacking team of eight against a defending six plus keeper.
- 2Two counter target goals at halfway.
- 3Cones marking the rest defence zone.
Coaching instructions
- 1While attacking, two defenders and a midfielder must remain in the rest defence zone.
- 2If the defending team counters they score in the halfway goals.
- 3Twelve attacks then swap.
- 4A goal only counts after the ball has been switched from one side of the pitch to the other.
Coaching points
- -Keep a spare player behind the ball at all times
- -Cover the central counter route first
- -Communicate who stays and who joins
- -Recognise when the near side is blocked
- -Change the point of attack with a fast, driven pass
Common mistakes
- -Everyone joining the attack
- -Rest defenders too deep to press
- -No cover on the far side