2 v. 2 Counter-Attacks
This week’s tip continues in the theme of building a counter-attacking mentality in your players. This is a 2 v. 2 played on a field 20 yards wide by 54 yards long. Each team has a target player who cannot score, tackle or be tackled. To score, a team must play a vertical ball to the target player, who then rebounds it to either teammate (a 1-2 or three-man combination) for a scoring chance. The exercise is designed to get players conditioned to look quickly for the counterattacking options after winning the ball and to encourage good support of vertical balls.
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