
Attack vs Defence
Objective:
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To prepare players for the attacking and defensive understanding, including offside.
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To prepare players for 11 vs. 11 soccer.
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Target:
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Defense to outscore attack by getting more "small goals" than "real" goals; and vice-versa.

Organization
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Players are arranged in their team positions - in this example, 6 vs. 6 plus a goalkeeper.
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The players start in one half of the field.
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Small target goals put on either side of the field near the halfway line for the defending team to play to and score (use cones/flags if no goals available).
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Coach serves ball into attacking half.
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Normal attack takes place - if defenders (and goalkeeper) win ball, they attempt to score in their smaller goals.
Teaching
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Outline briefly - preferably by walk-through demonstrations - the expectations of the practice.
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Encourage the defenders to push up because of the advantage of exploiting the offside rule.
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If practice is not succeeding and you're sure of analysis, stop the practice and show what could have been done.
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Similarly, stop and show what was done well.
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Don't stop practice too much or interest will diminish.
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Discourage defenders from playing too many short passes.
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If defenders win the ball and then give it back foolishly, encourage attackers to punish the mistake.
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Progressions
U12 Progressions
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This type of practice should be further developed when the team moves into serious 11-a-side play.
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Numbers can be built up, e.g., 7 vs. 7 and 8 vs. 8.
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To put a defense under pressure you can overload the attack, e.g., 6 vs. 4 or 8 vs. 6.