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Developing Quick Play

This document outlines a practice drill to develop quick possession play. The drill involves dividing an area into halves and having 7v7 plus 3 target players on each side. The goal is for teams to make one-touch passes and combine play to pass the ball to a target player and score a point. The drill can be modified by changing the size of the area, number of target players, and roles of the goalkeeper to support possession and speed up play. The key coaching points are to emphasize control, passing, support play, spreading the field, and changing the tempo to keep possession.

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Developing Quick Play

This document outlines a practice drill to develop quick possession play. The drill involves dividing an area into halves and having 7v7 plus 3 target players on each side. The goal is for teams to make one-touch passes and combine play to pass the ball to a target player and score a point. The drill can be modified by changing the size of the area, number of target players, and roles of the goalkeeper to support possession and speed up play. The key coaching points are to emphasize control, passing, support play, spreading the field, and changing the tempo to keep possession.

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Practice organisation

Possession play

Developing quick play


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A
 rea 40x40yds, divided into equal halves, with goal at one
end as illustrated.
1
 8 players (incl. GK), arranged 7 Reds v 7 Blues,
plus 3 Target players.
Practice starts with: ball fed-in by coach to Blues.
E
 ach team seeks to retain possession, looking to make a 1 touch
pass into a T, to record a score.
Ts give ball back to team who delivered it.
G
 K can be used as an outlet to retain possession & serves ball back
into play to the team using that option.

Detail
S ize of area can be adjusted according to age & ability of players
- area needs to be of sufficient size to ensure 1 touch has to be
executed quickly & not always available to players.
Use GK as support for both long & short range passes.
G
 K uses hands or feet to distribute possession back into
practice area.

40 yds

T
GK
T
T

Simple progressions for this practice are:


- Ts pass out of area to GK, using 1 touch.
- Ts combine, before returning ball to possession team.
- Reduce size of area & change shape of area to speed-up play &
encourage different pass selection & movement.

Key coaching points

40 yds

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 ontrol, passing & support play skills needed to
keep possession.

Age group
8-11 years

- Reduce number of Ts.

S preading & changing direction of play with use of long passes, to


relieve pressure.
P
 layers awareness of developing situations & opportunities to play
early into Ts with 1 touch.
U
 se of inventive methods to supply Ts & other players in open play
with 1 touch distribution.
V
 arying range of passing options to create opening
to execute into Ts.

C
 hanging the tempo with use of different range of passing
technique, skills & support play.
E
 mphasise & develop GKs role supporting play & assessing potential
distribution options

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