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Set up your team in a small sided game on a pitch running from the edge of the penalty area to the half-way line.

Play normal rules except for the fact that during the drill, players are not allowed to talk during the game. Players cannot call for the ball, tell a player where to go or where they want the ball passed to. This really emphasises the importance of communication. If a player does speak, then a free-kick is given to the opposite team.

COACHING POINTS

This drill teaches players how to keep the ball regardless of where it is on the pitch. While playing in their own half, defenders are taught how to keep the ball at the back and not panic, while attackers learn how to press high up the field.

While keeping the ball in the opposite half, players can learn how to break down stubborn defences.

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Barcelona Small Sided Game:

The aim of the drill is to work on helping your team keep possession all over the field. The game starts with normal rules, no limitations on touches, with both teams simply trying to score. The game changes when the coach shouts the following:

1. Possession - Players must keep possession in their own half, which of course means they are not allowed to score. If a team wins the ball, they must take the ball to their own half and try and keep it.

2. Normal - Teams return to a normal game and are allowed to score.

3. Barca - Similar to possession, but this time players must attempt to keep the ball in the other teams half, but they are not allowed to score. If the other team wins the ball they must get the ball into their opponent's half and keep it there.

Possession

Crossing from Channel Players:

1) Only wide players allowed in channel.

2) A goal must come from a cross or direct result of a crossed ball.

3) Compete 5 v 5 in middle and limit to 2 touches. Wide players have unlimited touches.

4) Condition game and coach what you see.

Conditioned games

Cone collectors:

Get your players to stand an equal distance around the cones in the middle. There should be one less cone than there are players - so in this instance there are 10 cones and 11 players.

On the coach's call players sprint into the middle and try to collect a cone.

Once players have collected a cone they should run back to their starting position.

Conditioned games

Bull Dog:

All players must try to dribble past the defender to the safety of the other side on the coach's call.

If the defending player manages to kick the other players ball out of the area, then that player also becomes a defender. Continue until one attacker remains.

Conditioned games

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