CONTE,BALL EXIT

1. 📝 Exercise description

Specific exercise to work on short ball passing mechanisms, combining goalkeeper and central defenders, in front of a high pressure of two forwards. The objective is to progress the game to the next line in advantageous conditions, promoting reading the game, decision making and technical precision under pressure.

2. 🧩 Organization and Development

• Delimited spaces simulating an initiation zone, with small goals located in positions that represent the supports of the next line (laterals, pivots...).

• The action starts with a goal kick; the two strikers press from outside the box as soon as the ball is put into play.

• The team in possession (goalkeeper + central defenders) must find clean passing lines to overcome the pressure and connect with the goal-reference goals.

• The goals can be placed in realistic areas according to the tactical system used, or further away if you also want to work on the long displacement of the goalkeeper.

4. 🎯 Tips or main features

• Goalkeeper: peripheral vision, body profile and calmness under pressure.

• Centerbacks: good body orientation and synchronization with goalkeeper and teammate.

• Reinforce the importance of creating passing angles, avoiding being in line and attracting the opponent to free lines.

• Use this exercise as a stepping stone to more global tasks with real opposition throughout the lower block.

3. 🔄 Variants

• Introduce a midfielder as an inside support to work on the diamond formation.

• Limit the number of touches in the starting zone to increase the speed of execution.

• Vary the number of attackers in pressure (2×3, 3×3...) according to level and progression.

• Activate staggered pressure (waiting after the first pass) to work on the goalkeeper's initial decision making.