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Positional Rondo (6v3, 4v4+3)

15 min · Advanced · 9+ players · Medium space

ballsconespinnies

Description

A larger grid with neutral players who always join possession, often shaped to mirror the team's formation. (Age fit: U13+.)

Curriculum

Ages
U13 and up
Players
9+
Opposition
Live opposition
Session phase
Practice (teaching)
With a squad of 12
One group of 12, everyone in the same activity.

Trains 8 objectives

  • Create width and depth in possessionU11-U12 · space
  • Combine to break a lineU11-U12 · combination-play
  • Keep the ball under real pressureU13-U14 · playing-under-pressure
  • Break a line with the passU13-U14 · passing-receiving
  • Create and use an overloadU13-U14 · overloads
  • Combine in tight spacesU13-U14 · combination-play
  • Learn what your position asks of youU13-U14 · position-and-game-model
  • Play to an agreed game modelU15-U16 · position-and-game-model

Skills

The video-tagging vocabulary, used for ingestion and browsing, separate from the curriculum above, which is what the practice engine selects on.

Functional Technique

PassingPassing Under Pressure

Attacking

Attacking with NumbersPossession Patterns

Defending

Defensive Shape / Unit Pressing

Game Time

Small-Sided Games