How To Play A Pressing Football Match Part 1

In youth football, you’re more likely to see a fast paced, attacking football game. Go to any local pitch and watch a game and you will see young people trying to gain possession of the ball and score. It’s all about instant gratification, and it’s great for supporters too. Parents who carry their offspring from game to game find it more entertaining if there are many scoring chances and good team play.

There are big differences in the strength of young players and in their speed, but you can use these to your advantage by addressing this in training, resulting in more opportunities to score. To find out if the situation is right for a pressing game, you need to consider not only your strikers’ speed and strength, but the speed and strength of the opposition. In addition, your game will be different depending on whether you are leading or trailing.

Here are some general elements of team play in a pressing game.

* In general, the team uses a 4-4-2 formation
* there’s an attacker in the wide midfield
* strikers are speedy and have good staying power
* strikers and midfielders understand their roles and communicate well
* midfielders work well with attackers, and have strength and skill
* attacks have decent length and width
* there’s good direction of midfielders and defenders

How To Play A Pressing Football Match Part 2

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