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Overlaps made simple
Focus on the key elements of catching and passing on the run under pressure to make your players better handlers, better passers and create an extra attacker every time.
WHY USE IT
Improve your player’s ability to take and give a pass under pressure. Also develops decision-making skills, when to make the pass, and setting up space for the overlapping runner.
Set up
A 15m x 9m box split into three 3m channels with 16 cones. Six players and one ball.
HOW TO DO IT
- Play 3v2 with defenders in channels 1 and 2 only. The ball is passed to the first attacker to start the exercise (see picture 1).
- Attackers pass the ball down the line at speed to put the last player into space.
- The defence moves forward as soon as the ball is passed and puts pressure on the attackers (see picture 2).
TECHNIQUE
- Catch the ball away from the body (see picture 3A).
- Keep the ball away from the body between catching and passing – do not clutch it to the chest (see picture 3B).
- Pass accurately with hands following through to the target (see picture 3C).
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Play 3v2 with an attacker in each channel being fed the ball from the side
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There are defenders in channels 1 and 2 only
Related Files
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The attack passes and receives the ball at speed, looking to create an overlap
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The defenders push up as quickly as possible to put pressure on
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A: Catch the ball away from the body
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B: Keep the ball away from the chest
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C: Pass accurately with hands following through to the target
Dan Cottrell
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