Transition
Transition End Zones
React within three seconds of winning or losing the ball
Transition
Attacking
Defending
Possession
Transition End Zones is a 20-minute transition drill for 8-16 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, bibs, cones. 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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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Duration
20 min
Players
8-16
Pitch size
35 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Transition End Zones — Marked area · 35 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 3Score by dribbling into or receiving a pass in the opponent's end zone.
- 1. Score by dribbling into or receiving a pass in the opponent's end zone.
- 2. Coach serves a new ball immediately when one leaves the pitch.
- 3. Play 4-minute rounds.
- Cones mark the area
- Dashed lines = zones / thirds
- Ball
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -React within three seconds of winning or losing the ball
- -Attack quickly into space
- -Recover shape as a team
Setup
- 1Pitch with a 3-yard end zone at each end.
- 2Two even teams, coach with spare balls on the side.
- 3No goals or keepers.
Coaching instructions
- 1Score by dribbling into or receiving a pass in the opponent's end zone.
- 2Coach serves a new ball immediately when one leaves the pitch.
- 3Play 4-minute rounds.
Coaching points
- -First thought after winning it: can I play forward?
- -First thought after losing it: press or recover?
- -Spread on attacking transition, compact on defensive
- -Run to receive in the end zone, don't stand in it
Common mistakes
- -Slow reaction after turnovers
- -Ball watching instead of recovering
- -Forcing a difficult forward pass every time