From Build-Up to 1v1 Battles | Tactical Training

Overview

• Play 11-a-side on half a field
• Start the build-up from your center backs
• Work on crisp, accurate passing with no pressure
• Finish by springing a through ball into a live 1v1

Objectives

• Sharpen the accuracy of building out from the back
• Get receivers into the right spots with their body open
• Fine-tune the timing of the inside midfielder’s through ball
• Grow your forward’s read for beating a defender and finishing
• Boost the defender’s ability to react fast and shut the attacker down

Setup

Players build patiently from the back — center back to fullback to inside midfielder — and then that inside midfielder slides a through ball to spark a 1v1 up top.

１）Warm-up: build-up basics

Three players — center back, fullback, and inside midfielder — knock the ball around with no pressure. Focus on accurate passes and good angles to receive.

２）Timing the run onto the through ball

Your forward reads the inside midfielder’s movement and times the run to match. When the pass comes, they take it facing forward.

３）Into the 1v1

Once the forward receives, it’s them against a defender, one-on-one. They have to decide: take the defender on off the dribble, or not.

４）Finish it off

The attacker completes the rep by putting it in the net. The defender’s job is to block or tackle and shut it down.