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Triangle play 1

Hi everyone, here is a new drill?It is true that I have done nothing for a while but I was away. I am back, and this drill is about how to use triangles and how to ?follow? the ball, because once you have passed the ball, the next thing to do is not to watch what is going on, but rather you have to make sure that you will keep providing your partners with options.

It is important to know how to receive and then to distribute the ball. By passing and receiving, you will create space, the quicker, the better and the more precise you are, the more beneficial it will be.

A good way to make the passes is to play in triangles.

Triangle play 1

In this exercise everybody has to pass and follow the action, therefore everybody remains active and has to be aware of the timing between the different actions.

Red = slap
Light blue = push
Dark blue = hit
Dotted yellow = running
Black = the players has to chose the best passing or even try to score, it will depend on how the goalie is placed.

A player on each cone.

Pink player = player 1
Light blue player = player 2
Brown player = player 3 (never moves but has to make sure he respects the timing)
Red player = Centre mid who is always there (can be the coach but it is a good position to practise receiving and passing and timing and also to organise therefore I would recommend that people playing in defence or in the midfield should take that role)

Remember that during a game you won?t always switch from left to right, you may in fact go back towards the left as the right hand side will be locked!!!

Player two will in fact change at every round as players go from one cone to another.
Red player will be here to receive and pass the ball.
start= black cone with two players at any time (pink and blue), then player 1 goes to red cone, then goes to blue cone then ?waits? and calls for the ball so that player 3 on brown cone pushes the ball towards him. Then he drives the ball along the side line and follows a ?J scheme? and enters the D along the back line to finally deliver the ball to a player who will stay there but will have to run towards the ball from the left hand side and respect the timing when receiving the ball at the top of the D.

Once you think players have understood, you may work on the other side, you may also include some defenders.

Triangle play 2

Here, easy situation, ?pass and go? situation.

Red passes to blue (slap or hit or push), blue drives the ball down the side line, passes to pink who passes to red who deflects the ball for black who has to be in time to receive the ball to then drive it down the side line, along the back line for a back pass to pink. A man on each cone at every time a group starts.

You can even start the whole action from the black player.

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Attack/Defence situation and triangles.

Divide the pitch in two.
Two defenders
One GK
4 attackers

Triangle play 3

you have to make sure that the ball doesn?t cross the line in the middle. The reds have to play a zonal defence organised by the keeper.

The blue have to play in triangles to make sure they take over the two defenders. It seems easy to score and easy to do?But I can guarantee all coaches they will have to shout?

Obviously on the other side, you
may organise either games, or another situation with 4 attackers again and another pair of defenders.

Notice that the black line does not cross the D?meaning that area is free of limits.

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A very good way to work on this ?pass-and-follow? exercise is to do the following:

Pass and follow

I put 6 cones, you can put more obviously, the blue arrow represents a pass, either a push or a slap, even a hit but it takes more time?The yellow doted line represents the running of the player who passed the ball. To start this exercise you need a player on each cone, once you have passed, you run towards the next cone and you receive and pass to the next, and you follow the ball again by going to the next cone and so on?This exercise has several aims:
1. quick and precise passes;
2. follow the action in order to give an (potential) option;
3. to look up.

Obviously, these ideas can be used in many different exercises, they are just tips to use in other trainings. To play in triangles is, in my opinion, vital. Unlike football, we cannot really use aerial balls for they may be dangerous or difficult to use or even to imprecise. Triangles have a serious advantage which is that it allows movement, it allows the players to change position without disorganising the way people play as, nowadays, it is more secure to have people who can play everywhere with a large range of skills. But skills will never change the power of team work!!!

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