Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Centre forward/Striker out of posession zones

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Name:	Steve Gulliver
City:	Southampton
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2 strikers

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2 strikers

This guide follows the out of posesion zones for a centre forward in an 11v11 game. There are more formations for 11v11 but we will cover the main formations of 4-4-2, 3-5-2, 4-3-3, 3-4-3 & 4-2-3-1. Remember this is gudance and game situation may change and you may need to react differently. With centre forwards/strikers there are less rigid out of possesion zones but more of an emphasis on pressing and winning the ball back . You will find that the coach may have a specialised instruction of where they want the player to be.

In a 4-4-2 & 3-5-2 there are 2 strikers. It is very important to have a good understanding and connection with your strike partner. This is because you don't want to be occupying the same space and get in each others way but you want to be able to work together as a pair to press and try to win the ball in a co-ordinated way. The stratagey of the coach may depend on the players skill sets. For this reason i will give guidance how i would like my strikers to be positioned depending on the area of the pitch the ball is. If the ball is in our defensive 3rd then i would want one of the strikers central where ever the opponents has set their defensive line and the other dropping off on the same side the ball is located. They should be ready and alert to either come short and receive the ball to feet or be ready to spin and run into the channel. The striker who was central now needs to go and support the striker who has the ball. If the opponents have possesion and the play moves to the other side then the striker dropping off would shuffle across to the right side and the central striker will remain central. Depending on the players will depend if the two strikers rotate these roles or stick to them. A good example would be the player with the better link up play would drop off and the quick direct player would be central and further forward. Do remember that soon as we win possesion then these zones will no longer apply.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 Striker

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1 Striker

The main formations that use 1 out and out striker are 4-5-1, 4-3-3, 3-4-3 & 4-2-3-1. The 4-5-1 is a diffrent role to the others so i will explain separately. The others are basically the same role supported by wingers and CAM's.

4-5-1

The role of the lone striker is normally a role that the striker needs to be strong and hold up the ball to allow team mates to get up and support. They need to be able to play with their back to goal and link with teamates then make sure they are then in the box centrally to finnish the move. The out of possesion zone for the lone striker is to stay within the width of the penatly area and be where the defensive line is and towards to side the ball is. their role is like the striker dropping off in the 2 strikers situation looking to hold the ball up and bring others into play. If the play swaps sides then the striker should move to the opposite side of the pitch

4-3-3, 3-4-3 & 4-2-3-1

The Role is the same for all the above formations. You have lots of attacking support and it's important you don't get in others spaces. When out of possesion you need to work with the other attacking players to press and win the ball back. if you can win back high up the pitch then this will be a good area to create a goal scoring oppotunity. If the opponent has possesion in our defensive 3rd then i would want the player to remain central and on the defensive line set by the opponent, Very much like the role of the central striker in the 2 striker situation.