Drill's for 3-5-2

[richard]

Hi can anyone post or send me any drills for 3-5-2. We have recently changeed to this formation, and im looking for idea's. It dosen't matter what the drill is for attack, defence or set peices. As any help would be helpful.

[Val]

Seems to me the key to the 3-5-2 is the two outside wingmen. They have a lot of ground to cover, from covering the fullbacks to overlapping for the forwards. I don't play with this formation, but maybe you could tell me why you switched?

One exercise I would try is to have an 8-10 foot channel along each sideline and the wing players alone can go in there, so this will encourage them to stay wide.

[74offsuit]

I use this formation for my U15 boys.

Wingbacks can be an advanced concept to coach. I try to keep things simple. The general rule is when we have the ball you attack, obviously towards the oppositition goal, and the reverse when without the ball.

The key position I have found, is the defensive central midfielder (I am assuming you are going to use one). This player needs to be able to read the game well to instigate your attacks and break up the oppositions play.

The two key points for this formation, in my opinion, are outnumbering the opposition in midfield, and the need for all your team to be 'footballers', due to positions overlapping and being dynamic in nature. I believe this can only be a good thing, and I have found it popular with my players.

Good luck!

[Charlie]

I coached a Sunday league team into 3-5-2, but using two holding midfielders to reduce the need for the two full backs to have to run the length of the pitch constantly. It's essentially a 3-2-3-2.

They are defensively the tightest in the league now, winning the ball in midfield and away from goal.

[Asgoodasthelast]

Charlie,
That is the system I run with a U15 boys Premier team, last season we went 831 minutes without conceding a goal. It extremel effective in a low pressure counter-attack system of play, especially with the outside backs attacking on the switch side.
A good book for 3-5-2 is called Coaching the European 3-5-2 by Kevin Thelwell. I had to adapt some of the idea's to fit our system of play.

[Charlie]

Originally Posted by Asgoodasthelast

Charlie,
That is the system I run with a U15 boys Premier team, last season we went 831 minutes without conceding a goal. It extremel effective in a low pressure counter-attack system of play, especially with the outside backs attacking on the switch side.
A good book for 3-5-2 is called Coaching the European 3-5-2 by Kevin Thelwell. I had to adapt some of the idea's to fit our system of play.

Thanks for the "heads up" on the book, I'll have a look for that.
(oh, and 831 minutes! That's I high standard to hold up, well done and long may it last

[bluebrazilian66]

Hi mate could you just elaborate in how you set up your 3-2-3-2 set up interesting. Play 3-5-2 but a holding defender? Any help appreciated

[Jerzy]

Originally Posted by Asgoodasthelast

Charlie,
That is the system I run with a U15 boys Premier team, last season we went 831 minutes without conceding a goal. It extremel effective in a low pressure counter-attack system of play, especially with the outside backs attacking on the switch side.
A good book for 3-5-2 is called Coaching the European 3-5-2 by Kevin Thelwell. I had to adapt some of the idea's to fit our system of play.

I just bought the book on this recommendation, hard to find, but it is the formation I've wanted to play, regardless of the players I have.

I don't follow the English game much, but didn't the last English NT coach use the 3-5-2 for a single game a while back, before he got fired? What was the deal with that???