In recent football, the double box drill structure has been used very often, but, have we really analyzed it deeply? Are there that many advantages?
We take, as a reference, a double box drill in which 6 players + a goalkeeper are facing other 6 players + a goalkeeper.
Advantages:
- Playful content. The players love it.
- We can have a lot of finishing situations while doing the drill.
- Competition: If we structure the drill in 3 or 4 teams and we take out one team each time they lose, we reach a high level of competition, a very high intensity.
- Quick decision making: If we play 7 vs 7 the density of players in the double box space will be high.
- Mistakes are penalized: Since it is a very short field, the mistakes during the game are penalized with a clear goal chance for the rivals.
- Transitions: There are a lot and very fast transitions.
- Challenges: A lot of 1vs1 situations will happen which are not normally practised.
Disadvantages:
- Dimensiones: el espacio de desarrollo hace que se pierde la naturalidad del juego
- Size: The reduced space makes the game loses its naturalness.
- Depth lost in attack: Since the space is so reduced, we totally lose the depth when attacking, unless we reduce as well the number of players per team (2vs2 + GK’s, 3vs3 + GK’s)
- Tactical sense lost: If we do not set rules, the double box drills lack tactical content
- Difficulty for moving forward: There is not much space to move forward, so, if a team does a long possession when having the ball, the majority of these passes will be horizontal. This is a dangerous habit for the team.
- There are not many actions: If we allow the finishing without any rule nor restrictions, quick finishings will take place during the drill and other important tactical actions will not take place.
- To move forward, it is necessary for our players to be at different heights of the field, and, with the double box drills, this does not happen.
Observations:
- Since the change on the goal kick regulation we can do a lot of microstructures to practice the game building and the high pressure. A very good rule to make these situations happen is to just allow the ball on the ground.
- With a good provocation rule we will be able to practice any tactical principle.
Recommendation:
Tu use double box drills without provocation rules when we look for leisure but competitive minutes.
If we want to, we can add rules for practicing multiple tactical concepts: Third man, counter attack, tactical balance, free man etc.
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