shooting and finishing

Counter attacking is a very effective attacking tactic. Once the ball is won, the counter attack has to be quick, to advance down the pitch and attack the opposition, whilst the opposition team still have players forward and are caught out of position and briefly the wrong side of the ball and out of the play.

In phase 3 of Gegenpressing made simple for Grassrootscoaches, we look at how Gegenpressing is actually used by teams at the highest level and how you might use this tactic in 9 v 9 and 11 v 11 games.

To get your players to become good at Gegenpressing, they have to be given opportunities in training to understand what the triggers to Gegenpress are and why, what and how they should react.

Gegenpressing is a German phrase, that became familiar with Jurgen Klopp and his Borussia Dortmund team.  To start this series on Geggenpressing, we examine the basics. Look out for phase 2 in the next couple of days in which we show how a coach can structure game related Geggenpressing scenarios that will really help their players to understand, how, when and where to Geggenpress.

Player Skill competition designed to improve passing, support movement and communication.

The objective of this player skill competition is to improve the timing and accuracy of forward passes for forward runs

Phase three – When the attacking team lose possession, presenting counter attack opportunities.