RÚBEN AMORIN,POSITIONAL PLAY

🧠 1. Exercise description

Tactical exercise aimed at working on ball exit with emphasis on inside play, which aims to progress through inside connections and changes of orientation to the outer areas, where 1×1 situations are sought with wingers to finish. The exercise combines tight defensive structure with offensive flexibility, integrating coordinated movements between defenders, midfielders and attackers.

🧩 2. Organization and development

• A line of 4 closed defenders (two center backs + two full backs) is set up, with the tactical option of one of the center backs joining the middle or the goalkeeper acting as a third man at the start, generating a line of 3 in the initial phase.

• The ball is played from behind with the intention of:

  1. Progress through inside play, using the pivot or an advanced central defender.

  2. Find the player furthest away or between the lines, to change the orientation to the opposite side.

  3. In that sector, the winger receives and performs a 1×1 against a defender, looking to finish the play.

• The exercise may include completion to goal or in small goals, depending on the objective of the task.

🎯 4. Tips or main aspects

• 🧠 Reading the space to activate the inside pass before the change of orientation.

• 👥 Coordination between center, pivot and wingers to generate progression and width.

• 📐 Body profile and interline positioning of the intermediate receiver.

• ⚡ A bility to unbalance and aggressiveness in the 1×1 of the wingers, key in finishing.

🔄 3. Variants

• 🔁 Modify the structure of the outlet: with double pivot or with sides projected inside.

• 📍 Introduce active opposition at high or medium pressure to condition the output.

• ⚙️ Change the type of finishing (cross into the area, direct shot, back pass).

• 🔄 Simulate real situations with transition after loss, activating pressure after loss.