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Building more creative attackers

Training game situations: Simulate and simplifySome artists might argue with the claim made by the title of this ar-ticle: Creativity is a skill that has to do with imagination and inventive-ness, not something you can build! But the truth is, you really canhelp your players play more creatively, because creativity is morebroadly dened in soccer than in art. It doesnt mean constantly pull-ing new moves out of a hat; it means selecting the optimal solution forany situation and instantly executing it. That optimal solution may besimple or complex, a solo play or a combination.How can you build your players repertoire of solutions to choosefrom? On the following pages well show you, using a 5 v. 6 attackin the mideld as our sample situation. Its not just a question of at-tacking on the wing or up the middlethe important thing is to learnsolutions for both paths! To train this situation, we freeze the action,reduce space and number of players to the minimum necessary, askplayers to suggest some solutions and then show them others.

Give your players the skills they need for versatile, original oensive play

by Maren Meinert and Bettina Wiegmann, head coaches, German U20 womens and U15 girls tea

My kingdom for a creative player! Are there

any coaches out there who havent said as

much, with a sigh of despair? By closing down

space and outnumbering attackers near the

ball, ball-oriented defenses put a premium onquick and unexpected oensive moves such

as the dummy pass.

In this article Maren Meinert, the creative

mastermind of the team that won the Wom-

ens World Cup in 2003, and Bettina Wieg-

mann, whose coach Tina Theune called her the

worlds best defensive midelder during that

same era, will show you just how many solu-

tions there are to a typical game situation, and

how you can teach your players to nd them.

INFO: Creative play

... having a repertoire o responses to

various deense strategies

... immediately recognizing game

situations and thinking o solutions

... fnding the right solution at the critica

moment

... not doing what opponents expect!

Creativity in soccer is ...

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Ofensive options taught in this game

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10

9

Sequence6 plays a wall pass with9 or AT and then nishes.

SCTS N OBjCTISX Fast, direct path to goal

X Increased risk o losing ball in 1 v. 1

situations

X Numbers-up opponent in tight space

X Be decisive and assertive, and act ast!

Sequence6 breaks through on a solo dribbling run and nishes with a

long shot.

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10

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Game situation: ttack up the middle

Solo play1 Wall pass2

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Tips As soon as6 passes, AT needs to sprint to a position close to9 (about six feet away) so that she can immediately receive theball and either start dribbling or take a shot.

It can be helpful for players to think of themselves as playing twopasses at once. In all passing options, the forward pass to9must be played with force and precision. Otherwise9wont beable to let the ball roll through to AT (the second pass) or layit o (another second pass) without having to give it an extrapush.

Sequence6 passes to9, who controls the ball while turning to the in-

side and then nishes, either directly or after a short dribblingrun.

Tips Receivers should loudly call for the ball in all sequences.

9 should quickly check away before checking to the ball.

The pass to9 should be hard and solidly weighted.

ariations6 passes to9, who lays o to AT, who sprints up the wing to

receive.

AT checks to the inside as soon as6 passes to9, who layso to AT.

Sequence6 passes to9, who checks toward the ball but then lets it roll

between his legs to AT, who sprints forward to receive it.

AT nishes, either directly or after a short dribbling run.

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10

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Training situation: ssential elements

Setup Mark out a 30-yard-wide zone between a goal with goalkeeper

and a goal line marked on the centerline.

Reduce the number of players to 3 v. 4: three attackers (de-fensive midelder6, oensive midelder AT and forward9)against two defensive midelders and two inside defenders.

Sequence6 tries to score, on either a solo run or a combination with 9

and/or AT.

If the defenders win the ball, they must dribble across the at-tackers goal line to score.

ummy pass ass to9 and shot4



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Ofensive options taught in this game

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10

7

9

Sequence6 passes to9, who plays a pass into space for7 to run ont

on the wing.

9 and AT cross paths in front of the goal (near and far posts)

6 follows them and shows for a pass to the middle, standinginside the penalty box.

SCTS N OBjCTISX Wing player spreads compact deense

X Open up space in middle

X Set up shot with cross or back pass

X Try to fnish within three moves

Sequence7 quickly checks toward the ball, receives a pass from6 and

then tries to break through to the endline.

9 and AT run into assigned zones in front of the goal.

6 follows them and shows for a pass to the middle, standingeither inside or just outside the box.

7 plays either a cross or a back pass.

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10

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Game situation: ttack on the wing

ndline run and cross1 Three-player combination 12

Tip7 should check toward the ball, then start sprinting forward a

soon as6 passes it.

ariation After receiving the ball,9 plays a square pass to7, who then

tries to break through to the endline.

Tips6 needs to watch for7 to get open!

9 and AT should ideally cross paths (near and far posts).

ariation After checking toward the ball,7 starts a forward run, setting

up6 to play a pass into space.

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7

9

Tip Watch pass weight and player spacing carefully:9 needs to have

room for her outside run (i.e. attackers should not be too close).

ariations7 lays o to9, then runs into the middle to show for a cross.

7 dribbles to the inside, then passes to9.

7 dribbles to the inside and plays a wall pass with AT.

Sequence6 passes to7 and then follows the ball onto the wing.

7 sees the outside run and starts dribbling to the inside, tyingup the oppositions outside defender.

7 takes advantage of this 2 v. 1 situation to play a pass intospace for6, who then either dribbles to the inside and plays across to9 andAT or dribbles to the endline and plays a backpass to7.

Tips7 should dribble with the foot farther away from her opponent

6 should give the signal as soon as7 is able to pass.

ariations Instead of passing to6,7 keeps dribbling into the middle an

then shoots.

7 plays a wall pass with AT.

Sequence This sequence starts out like the variation on the previous

sequence:9 receives the ball from6 and plays a square passto7.

Now, however,9 follows the ball onto the wing.

7 dribbles rapidly to the inside, into the gap opened up by9,and nishes.

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Training situation: ssential elements

Setup Field is a half minus one wing (i.e. sideline to penalty box side-

line) with a goal line marked on the centerline.

Teams play 4 v. 5 on a goal with goalkeeper: four attackers (de-fensive midelder6, oensive midelder AT, forward9 andwing player7) against two defensive midelders, two insidedefenders and one wing player.

Sequence6 tries to score, on either a solo run or a combination with 9

and/or7 and/or AT.

If the defenders win the ball, they must dribble across the at-tackers goal line to score.

Three-player combination 2 Overlapping run4


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