Training Day (Channel 11) - Bruno Lage - 'Defensive Transition' (Patreon)

Defensive Transition:

- It is perhaps the most difficult topic to work on.

- Having a very strong reaction to the moment when they lose the ball, we must press to get the ball back.

- In these exercises we created conditions for them to lose the ball so that they can recover it later.

- In the Defensive Transition it is important that a player who runs sets an example to the other and so on so that it can happen as a team.

TRAINING DRILL #1 - 'Transition Ball Possession':

Organization: 10v6

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- The blue team (10 players) plays 1 touch and scores on every 8 consecutive passes. When losing the ball, they perform the Defensive Transition and score on each recovery.

- The white team (6 players), after recovering the ball, plays without touching restrictions and scores whenever it manages to leave the playing space with the ball.

TRAINING DRILL #2 - 'Transition Ball Possession with small goals':

Organization: 10v6 + 4 external supports

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- The team in possession of the ball (10 players in blue) plays 1 touch and scores on every 8 consecutive passes. When they reach 8 passes, they add two more points by scoring a goal in one of the small goals.

- The white team (6 players), when recovering the ball, plays without touching restrictions and with the support of the outside players tries to score a goal in one of the small goals.

- The team in blue, when losing the ball, performs the Defensive Transition to prevent the opponent from scoring a goal, scoring on each recovery.

TRAINING DRILL #3 - 'Transition Ball Possession for the Regular Goal':

Organization: 10v6 & 4v2+GK / 5v3+GK / 6v4+GK

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- The team in possession of the ball (10 players in blue) plays at 1 touch and after 8 passes attacks the regular goal with opposition. When losing the ball, performs the Defensive Transition to prevent the opponent from scoring.

- The white team (6 players) when recovering the ball, plays without touching restrictions to score a goal in one of the small goals.

- The team in blue, when recovering the ball, transits offensively in the sense of attacking the regular goal (4v2+GK / 5v3+GK / 6v4+GK).

TRAINING DRILL #4 - 'Transition Ball Possession with small goals':

Organization: 10v10

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- The team in possession of the ball seeks to score a goal in the small goals on the other team's end line.

- If a team lose the ball and manages to recover it in the same square, you score rewarding the Defensive Transition.

- When recovering the ball in the defensive midfield, it tries to get out of the pressure zone, preventing the opponent from recovering it in the same square and can also score in the side goal of the opposite corridor.

- When recovering the ball in the offensive midfield, the team must immediately attack the small goals in the end line of the other team to score a goal.