Pressing
Pressing Triggers
Press on the right trigger and at the right angle
Pressing
Defending
Transition
Team Shape
Pressing Triggers is a 20-minute pressing drill for 10-18 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, bibs, cones, mini 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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Defending
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Team Shape
Small-Sided Game
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Duration
20 min
Players
10-18
Pitch size
40 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Pressing Triggers — 4v4 small-sided game · 40 x 30 yards
Step 1 of 3Server plays into the possession team who attack the far goal.
- 1. Server plays into the possession team who attack the far goal.
- 2. Out of possession team presses to win the ball inside six seconds.
- 3. If they win it they attack immediately, otherwise the coach restarts.
- Cones mark the area
- Mini goals at each end
- Ball
- Blue v dark — score in the opposite goal
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Press on the right trigger and at the right angle
- -Recover into a compact shape after a failed press
- -Win the ball back within six seconds
Setup
- 1Pitch with a mini goal at each end and a server on each end line.
- 2Two teams of five, spare balls with the servers.
- 3Mark a middle reference line with cones.
Coaching instructions
- 1Server plays into the possession team who attack the far goal.
- 2Out of possession team presses to win the ball inside six seconds.
- 3If they win it they attack immediately, otherwise the coach restarts.
Coaching points
- -Press the pass, travel as the ball travels
- -Curved run to cut the switch
- -Nearest players squeeze, far side tucks in
- -Deepest player organises with clear calls
Common mistakes
- -One player pressing alone
- -Arriving too fast and getting turned
- -Failing to reset the shape