Rondo 4 v 1

Title: Rondo 4 vs 1.

Methodology:

Global decontextualized.

Teaching Strategy:

Possession.

Form:

Decontextualized (conservation).

Participants:

4 vs 1.

Technical content:

• Control.
• Pass.

Tactical content:

• Switch the orientation of the game.

Space:

5m x 5m (the space highly depends on the level and age of the players. Start bigger and make it smaller if the players are good enough).

Age range:

8 years and older. At older ages the technical and tactical content loses its sense and is mainly use for warm up.

Part of the training:

Initial part (warm up).

Figure:

Normative:

• The 4 players that are playing outside must to keep the possession of the ball as long as they can.
• The players have to play between the cones. They are not aloud to play in the middle.
• The player who loses the ball plays inside and the player that was in the middle plays outside.
• Maximum of 2 touches (you can change this rule in function of the level and space).

Key normative (this normative is the one that made the tactical content to appear):

• Outside players cannot repeat a pass with the players next to him. If 1 pass to  2, 2 cannot pass back to 1.

Key aspects to correct by the coach:

• Control with the furthest feet (this aloud the player to switch the orientation of the game faster).
• Body positioning.  The players have to orient the body to seek the maximum space possible.
• Pass with the inside the foot.
• Control with the inside of the foot.
• Remark the tactical content. Switching the orientation of the game.

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