Small-sided games In a 7 v 7 or 8 v 8 small sided game. Coach:

- a team when and when not to pass the ball forward.

- a team to improve its understanding of support play and movement.

- a team to establish width to attack from the flanks.

- a team when to use individual and combined clever play when attacking.

- a team to attack quickly on gaining possession of the ball.

- a team to use combination play (wallpasses, overlaps etc.) when attacking.

- a team to improve its passing choices and deliveries when attacking.

- a team to spread out and utilise space when attacking.

- a team when to risk and when to retain possession of the ball.

- a team when and when not to play quickly when in possession of the ball.

- a team to retain possession in a congested area and attack when appropriate.

- a team to defend early when appropriate.

- a team to defend against counter-attacks.

- a team to show opponents ‘in-field’ when they have possession.

- a team to pass, mark and cover as appropriate.

- a team to be compact when defending.

- a team to defend against combination play in the defending half of the field.

- a team to ‘man - mark’ opponents.

- a team to defend against opponents’ movement in the defending half of the field.

- a team to prevent opponents playing through midfield when in possession of the ball.

Phase of play Coach:

- Attacking

- a team to play from the back, from a goalkeeper’s possession.

- a team to attack quickly on gaining possession.

- support play and movement in the attacking half of the field.

- a team to attack down the flanks.

- full backs and wingers to attack down the flanks.

- a team to attack using wall-passes and combination play in the attacking half of the field.

- a team to ‘change the play / switch the play’ to advantage.

- a team to produce and score from crosses.

- a team to use long passes when attacking.

- clever movement from attacking players in the attacking half of the field.

- a team to attack centrally and quickly on gaining possession of the ball.

- midfield players to move into goalscoring positions. - strikers when and how to combine their play to create scoring opportunities.

- defenders to move forward and join in attacking play.

- a team to attack quickly from a goalkeepers possession.

- a team when and when not to attack quickly.

Coach:

- Defending.

- a team to defend early on losing possession of the ball.

- a team to defend in its own half of the field.

- a team to defend from crosses.

- a team to defend when outnumbered in the defending half of the field.

- a team to defend against counter attacks.

- a team how to mark, cover and press when defending.

- a goalkeeper and back 4 to defend from crosses.

- a team to ‘show’ opponents infield when defending on the flanks.

- a team to press whenever appropriate in the defending half of the field.