Wide Rotation | Building Patterns Down the Flank

Overview

• Who: 5 or more players, including fullbacks, wingers, and central midfielders
• Field: Full field
• Numbers: Works best with about 5 to 8 players

Objectives

• Sharpen how your fullbacks and wingers read their positions
• Build a handful of go-to attacking patterns down the flanks
• Get the central midfielders and the wide players linking together
• Fine-tune passing accuracy and timing
• Keep the ball first, then turn possession into attack

Setup

This is a base pattern where your fullbacks and wingers swap positions on the fly and combine with the central midfielder to attack down the flank.

1）Set up a forward, a winger, a central midfielder, a fullback, and a keeper

2）The team in possession starts knocking the ball around

3）Play out wide with a square pass from the fullback to the winger, or a line-breaking pass from the central midfielder

4）Combine a few times near the sideline, then work it through to a shot

5）Keep checking the quality of the passes and the timing between players, rep after rep