Create scenarios for your attackers to react to different defensive positions. By feeding the ball to different starting players, the attack has to adjust quickly to win a 3v2.
ACTIVITY
Put three players at one end of the channel. You throw the ball to one of them and they must beat the two defenders opposite to score.
Use touch tackling.
LARGE GROUPS AND ONE COACH
With up to 10
Run one square. Put four defenders at one end. They work in pairs and rotate every go. All the rest of the players will rotate as attackers.
After two minutes, swap the defenders for attackers.
With more than 10
Run two squares almost next to each other. You stand in the middle.
This time have six defenders, in three pairs. One pair works in one box and when they have finished, move to be ready to work in the next box.
Split the attackers in half and they always work in the same box. If they are one short, they have get another team mate to join them.
You pass the ball into one box, see what happens and then turn to work in the next box.
After two minutes, rotate attackers and defenders
In both instances, the attack works much harder than the defence.
SCENARIO 1
You throw the ball to the first attacker. They can use a short pass or miss pass.
SCENARIO 2
You throw the ball to the middle attacker. They look to pass either side, or even go for the gap themselves.
DEVELOPMENT
Get defenders to come in from different directions and not head-on.
Understand how to create then take advantage of 3 v 2s by isolating and splitting the two defenders. The chaotic starts mean more options and decisions for all the players involved. MORE
Create attacking shape, where forwards understand where they are supposed to run to support the next phase of play. The groups of forwards are called pods and need to work together. MORE
Should an attack be successful at a 2 v 1 every time? At the top level, most of the time you would have thought, yet you would be surprised how often they fail.
Add in another attacker and defender, or even two attackers and one defender, and that ratio of success drops very quickly.
But it is still a golden opportunity to make ground and even score. So, you need to increase the success rate, and you do this by creating as many scenarios as you can. MORE
Get your players in place quickly to attack at pace from the next ruck in this simple realignment activity.
Creating and keeping depth in an attacking line running onto the ball at pace and still have space and time to pass. MORE
Set up this problem for your players to solve and the solution might turn into a play. The extra attacker arrives from behind the front line and looks to attack different gaps.
The hidden third attacker can create space for the ball carrier and front line support player as the defenders might be drawn to potential threats. MORE
