Pressing Triggers 6v6

Objective

• Press together, on a signal everyone recognises

Set-up and how it runs

• 6v6 with keepers, and a marked pressing line thirty yards from each goal.
• Name the triggers before you start: a backwards pass, a heavy touch, a player receiving with their back to goal.
• When a trigger happens, the whole defending team presses; between triggers they hold their shape.
• Winning the ball inside the opponents' pressing line and scoring within eight seconds is worth double.
• Five-minute games, and stop play twice per game to freeze the picture.

Equipment

• 2 goals
• Cones
• Bibs
• Balls

Coaching points

• The nearest player presses the ball; everyone else presses the next pass
• Press from the outside in — force them towards the touchline
• If the trigger has gone, drop and rebuild — a lone presser is a hole
• Communicate the trigger out loud: 'press!'

Progressions

• Only one trigger allowed, so it must be recognised precisely
• Reduce the eight seconds to six
• Remove the pressing line and let them judge the distance

What it develops

Technical

1v1 defending

Psychosocial

Communication

Tactical

Pressing