Colgate/Akron U14 Homework Part II

Akron Attack Using Wide Players

Barca Video, Too!

Here's a wing attack from Akron...same assignment as Homework Part I.

Here's a pic to help clarify the players involved:

The back 4 are circled, holding mid is the rectangle
(other two mids are unmarked) and the three
front-runners are in triangles.

Here's the video clip...map the ball movement player by player and try to figure out the defense's movements (what player tracked which Akron attacker).  The move starts at the bottom of the screen, with a throw-in for Akron.

Two crucial questions:

• What should the Colgate defense have done instead?  
• How did Akron create this dilemma for Colgate? (think technically, rather than tactically...)

A little something from Barca...along the same lines as Akron's movements, but with a twist.  The video pretty well spells out how it works, so no questions here; just watch closely a few times through, and note the timing, and where guys are looking as Alexis Sanchez roams around the front of the team. 

For the midfielders and backs who support the forwards, here's Busquets in a video that isolates some of the things playmakers must be able to do: