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4v4 Playing Wide Out of the Back

Drill Quick Glance
Age: 9+ Field: 40X25
Players: 8 Focus: Game-like
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 4.04 / 5 Views: 195,148
Published: 3/2/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Drill Objective

This drill is designed to get players to play balls wide when playing from the back, the defensive third of the field. Players recognize that they find more time and space on the outsides of the field and they are relieving the center of the pitch from dangerous play.

This drill is designed to get players to play balls wide when playing from the defensive third of the field.
Drill setup
  1. Create a grid approximately 40X25 yards.
  2. Create a small goal on the end line with two training sticks.
  3. Create two 7 yard channels along the outsides of the field on the center line.
  4. Split the players into two teams of four.
Drill Instructions
  1. Each team defends a goal.
  2. Award a goal only when the ball is won in the defensive half of the field and played wide through a channel before knocking it into the goal.
  3. Players are not allowed to go forward unless it is passed or dribbled through one of the wide channels first.
Drill Variations
  • Limit players number of touches
  • Add a 2nd ball
  • Ball must be PASSED through the channel
  • Ball must be DRIBBLED through the channel
Soccer Drill Titled: 4v4 Playing Wide Out of the Back
Tagged:
  • 4V4
  • PLAYING WIDE
  • SWITCHING THE POINT OF ATTACK
Published by: Chris Johnson

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