One of the biggest frustrations coaching kids in particular is when you move to a game scenario they have a tendency when they lose the ball to not work for it back. Look at Barcelona and how quickly they try and win the ball back when they lose it, they use their 6 seconds rule. Win possession back as quickly as possible.
Now kids teams are not going to be able to recycle the ball so quickly but we can install the correct ethics into them at an early age. When my team lose the ball i encourage them to get behind the ball (goal side) as quickly as they can. When the ball is back in our possession the team spreads out creating passing lines from the player with the ball. I developed the following drill to install the ethic into the team, give it a try.
Set the pitch up with one goal and play a 5 v 3 with a goalkeeper on the team with the 5. A floating player (or coach, green player A below) plays a ball into one of the players in black. The two forward red players immediately have to get goal side of the ball whilst the remaining red players try and stall or tackle the advancing black team.
With the overload of red defenders they should be able to win the ball back fairly quickly. At this point encourage players to get wide into the zones marked by markers, maintaining a passing line for the player in possession as shown below. A third player should be encouraged to go long and give the player receiving the ball an opportunity to pass to them.
This helps develop the little field big field mentality. Little field when you don't have the ball, squeezing the opposition to win the ball. Big field when you have the ball, making the field as wide as possible to make your opponent work harder to get the ball off you. As i said in previous posts, if you have the ball, the other team can't score.
And just to finish off today's article, here it is GET BACK by The Beatles. Enjoy and Happy Coaching!
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