Overload to Isolate | Reading and Nailing the Switch

Overview

• Players who can hit an accurate pass when they’ve got the numbers-up advantage
• Anyone who needs to speed up their decision-making under pressure
• Players who can read when the receiver is ready for the switch and flip play right away

Objectives

• Sharpen that feel for keeping your shape and completing accurate passes while playing off an overload (numbers-up)
• Get better at finding the passing lane and making the call, even with pressure bearing down
• Learn to switch play fast, flip the point of attack, and pick the moment to break the defense down

Setup

This is a 14-player session on a 40 x 30 field. You start with numbers-up passing, then switch play to open the game up across the full field.

1) Split the field into two zones. The near (tighter) zone is 5v4; in the far (bigger) zone, two attacking teammate groups wait.

2) Play 5v4 in the near zone. The attacking side is chasing 5 completed passes.

3) Once they hit 5 passes, switch the ball to a teammate in the far zone and keep the attack going across the full field.

4) If the defense wins it, they get the ball out to their defending team in the far zone right away and launch the counter.

5) Rotate every 2-3 minutes and run several sets.