Kenny Dalglish Attacking Movement and Interplay

In partnershIp wIth LIVERPOOL Kenny attacking movement and interplay Dalglish Move 1: quick wide Striker 1 must be coached to Attacking attack ‘drop-off’ the defender before movement coming to receive the ball and interplay Overview: This session helps improve movement and interplay between midfielders and forwards. 1 It’s designed to encourage The wide man understanding breaks forward to between players receive the pass The second striker drops KEy through timing of Ball deep to receive movement runs, weight of pass, Player movement and expectation Dribble of a team mate’s movement. A pass is threaded Building this through the channel to understanding is the wide player vital for the creation of chances as a fluid unit, and this session offers a number of set-ups and progressions to test attacking and defending players in equal measure. 2 Each move takes place on a half pitch with four mannequins placed A floated cross invites KEy Ball the three players to 8 yards apart across movement Player attack the goal the pitch, 10 yards movement outside the penalty Dribble box. These represent who has moved deep The wide man needs the back four. what do I get the what are the key players to do? to support. Timing of things to look to time his run well to The coach starts the the pass is essential for technically/ ensure he stays onside drill by laying the ball to so that striker 2 can tactically? in front of the line of the midfielder, who has play a threaded pass We must see good eye mannequins, and a two strikers moving off between the centre- contact between the good weight of final back and full-back pass and subsequent SET-UP the mannequins and a midfielder and striker 1. winger out wide. mannequins for the Passing moves are cross is essential. Area wide man to run on to The midfielder plays conducted at pace and Half pitch and cross. with precision, so Equipment the ball in to striker 1, whose double The two strikers and confident and well Balls, mannequins, communicated link-up goal movement means he midfielder make their play is essential. Number of Players moves away then turns way into the box for the cross. We now rerun on 5 (incl. a keeper) back sharply to receive The double movement the opposite flank. Session timE the pass. of striker 1 is important in terms of him losing 7-8mins for each The striker lays the move, 3-4mins for ball to his team mate his man – he goes long each progression only to come back short. 4 january 2012 www.elitesoccercoaching.net In partnershIp wIth attacking movement and interplay A lofted ball picks Move 2: quick out striker 1 with central attack attacking team mates looking to Kenny Dalglish support LIVERPOOL Kenny Dalglish began his second spell in charge of Liverpool in January 2011, returning to the Anfield hotseat after a gap of almost two decades, having 3 overseen the club’s youth set-up for the previous two seasons. In the central attack, Whilst away from striker 1 feints forward Merseyside, Dalglish before spinning back around the centre-back took charge at KEy Ball movement Blackburn rovers, Player movement Striker 2 rolls his Newcastle United and Dribble defender Celtic, and enjoyed time out of the game having also experienced a The striker this time glittering playing career pulls wider, and a deeper cross into the that included multiple centre results domestic and European honours. And in his first full season back in charge, the 60-year-old appears to be shaping the reds into a force to be reckoned with again with a brand of positive 4 attacking football - the club’s immediate aim being a return to Champions League action. KEy Ball movement Player movement Dribble what do I get the the floor that is run what are the key crucial that his wide players to do? on to. things to look man and fellow striker The coach starts the At this point the wide for technically/ make positive and drill by laying the ball man runs diagonally tactically? determined runs into to the midfielder, who inside the mannequin, Technique and weight the box for a potential opens up with a first while striker 2 also of pass again come to finish. Again, we rerun touch onto his right makes a charge for the fore, particularly for on the opposite flank. foot. the box. the ball played by the Striker 1’s movement Striker 1 either takes midfielder into the feet “Building sees him come short the ball on himself to of striker 1. This pass first, before spinning finish, or plays square needs to be perfect so understanding in behind the centre- for one of the other two the frontman can take is vital for the back. The striker inrushing players to it in his stride. Again, is picked out by the finish. if the striker goes too creation of midfielder using early he risks straying either an aerial ball or offside. Assuming chances as a he stays onside, it’s fluid unit.” a threaded pass along 5 january 2012 www.elitesoccercoaching.net In partnershIp wIth Kenny Dalglish LIVERPOOL attacking movement and interplay how do I Move 3: measured progress the drills? central attack Each of these three drills can be progressed by adding in four defenders in place of the mannequins, plus a holding midfielder whose job it is to interrupt the 5 initial approach play. The midfielder makes a positive forward run Both strikers drop, KEy Ball looking to receive the movement Player ball movement Dribble 6 The supporting midfielder runs from deep to form a Striker 2 passes forward two-man attack for striker 1 and the KEy Ball supporting midfielder movement Player movement Dribble what do I get the Striker 2 moves around to the other side of striker 1 remains players to do? the front to receive as in previous important, as does In this move, we the lay-off from his developments. the timing of the “The session substitute the winger team mate. He then what are the key midfielder’s run for an additional plays an immediate things to look breaking at pace can be midfielder, positioned pass through the back for technically/ through the defensive progressed on the other side of the four for the second tactically? line, whilst ensuring he coach. midfielder to run on to, The central passing stays onside. by adding who ensures he times To start, the coach move is now tighter his run well so as to in four touches the ball to the with an additional receive the pass in his midfielder, who opens midfielder, and this defenders in stride. The front two up and plays to striker increases the need for move forward looking place of the 1, whose movement accurate and well- to score. mannequins, is once again to fake weighted passing going long before Once finished, throughout. The plus a holding coming back short. we direct the drill double movement midfielder.” 6 january 2012 www.elitesoccercoaching.net.

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