Rondos - Up Back Through Progression - Week 48 2015

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FOOTBALL RONDOS

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FOR MATCH VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE WEAK-SIDE FULL BACK MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS RONDO

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8B4sZSY3ws

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Right WingerLeft Winger

Goalkeeper / Central Defenders

Right-sided Defender (RB)

Left-sided Defender (LB)

Striker

4

Target (phase B)

Receiving Area / ‘the pocket’


Opposition Midfield Line

14-16

8-1

4

8-12

4-6

This rondo is an ADD-ON to the Up-Back-ThroughRondo as detailed last week (19th November 2015)on www.inspire.football. It is absolutely imperativethat the previous rondo is carried out beforeplugging in this progression.

In this rondo the Up-Back-Through option takespriority as option one. However, a condition has nowbeen added to encourage the weak-side full backmovements as shown in related video.

Condition: anytime the number 4 (deep lyingcontroller) receives the ball AND he can turn out,then the weak side winger should make a run behindthe opposition midfield line and the weak side wingback should overlap.

The objective of the rondo is the same, to go fromGK/CB to the GK/CB on the other side via one of thetwo options outlined. Once the ball reaches theother GK/CB, there must be one horizontal passbefore the objective is reset (to allow forreorganisation).


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Striker

4

Target (phase B)




14-16

8-1

4

8-12

4-6

The positioning of the number 4 should beencouraged to be behind or at an angle through thetwo opponents (‘the diagonal pocket’). Number 4’sbody shape should allow for the ball to roll across thefront of him upon receiving the ball (rather thantaking two touches to turn with the ball).

The side with the ball is the strong side. The sidewithout the ball is the weak side)


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Striker

4

Target (phase B)




14-16

8-1

4

8-12

4-6

The positioning of the number 4 should beencouraged to be behind or at an angle through thetwo opponents (‘the diagonal pocket’). Number 4’sbody shape should allow for the ball to roll across thefront of him upon receiving the ball (rather thantaking two touches to turn with the ball).

The side with the ball is the strong side. The sidewithout the ball is the weak side)

Strong side

Weak side



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Striker

Target (phase B)




14-16

8-1

4

8-12

4-6

4

If the number 4 can receive the ball cleanly AND canturn out, then the movements are initiated. Shouldplayers not make the movements in time, then it isnumber 4’s responsibility to ensure the ball is keptmoving (played back to CB’s perhaps) and the rondodoes not come to a stop.


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RWLeft Winger


RBLeft-sided Defender (LB)

Striker

Target (phase B)




4

The aggression in the winger’s movement should bedirected behind the opposition’s midfield line insidethe field (into the ‘half space’ / ‘inside channel’ –should we split the field into five vertical corridors).

Eventually there should be a progression thatpromotes this pass into the winger who has made hismovement inside.


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RWLeft Winger



Striker

Target (phase B)




RB

4

The ball is then played over/around/through to theoverlapping weak-side full back. You can add ininterference along the opposition midfield line in theform of dynamic or static objects (players,mannequins or poles etc).

The full back should then complete the objective andplay the ball into the target player at the end.


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LW

RB

Goalkeeper / Central Defender

RW

Striker

GK or CB




LB

4

GK or CB

The rondo is then mirrored in the opposite direction.The players are to move as shown with the arrows.

The target player who receives the ball MUST playone horizontal pass (to a deep full back or to his newpartner on the end line) before the team can seekany Up-Back-Through or Weak-side Full backopportunities to get to the new target.


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LW

RB

Goalkeeper / Central Defender

RW

Striker

GK or CB



LB

4

GK or CB

Previously the overlapping RB

Previously the RW who ran inside

Previously the LB

Previously the LW

Previously the Striker

Previously the CB/GK

Opposition Midfield Line This image shows the previous positions of theplayers who have now taken up their new positions(at speed to encourage intensity of thought andaction).


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A

B

D

D

D

A

C

B

BReceiving Area / ‘the pocket’


E

B

Opposition Midfield Line Player A = GK/CBPlayer B = Full back / WingersPlayer C = Number 4 (specialist role)Player D = Opposition Defenders (strikers/CB)Player E = Striker/CB (depending on phase of rondo)


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Content created by Jed Davies (@TPiMBW)

ABOUT RONDOS

Spain, Barcelona and Pep Guardiola have brought about a world-widerecognition for rondos in the last decade and in most nations, ourpossession box games shrunk overnight.

Unfortunately, possession box games have also become a neglected timein our sessions, often un-coached and without many learning objectives.The objective of the rondos presentations delivered by inspire footballcoach education (UK) is to highlight potential learning opportunities in thistraining methodology and format.

Kieran Smith will deliver a webinar for Inspire on rondos and give his firsthand account and insight into how ideas can be implemented throughrondos (Kieran Smith is a former AD Alcorcon coach 2014-15, who wouldplay fixtures against many of Spain’s biggest clubs such as Real Madrid).

I owe the foundations of my knowledge to a coach I worked alongside atthe University of Oxford (2013-14) called Jon Collins (who was writing aPhD in Spanish training methodology at the time). Jon Collins opened myeyes to the hundreds of details that turn rondos into a truly valuableeducation tool.

Some months before beginning my work at the University of Oxford I was

fortunate enough to undertake study visits to clubs such as Barcelona,Villarreal, Swansea, Liverpool and others. All the rondos that will bedetailed each Thursday for Inspire (www.inspire.football) have beencreated with a heavy influence from those I’ve observed before.

Positional rondos, rondos that look to educate the languages of the game,rondos that promote specific principles (overloading, penetration,movement, the responses in transition etc) and much more will form themajority of the theoretical content in these presentations.

My sole objective is to promote multi-directional possession box formats(rondos) as valuable tools for player education. I do not believe thatrondos serve a purpose to imitate the playing style or the trainingmethodology of Spain or Barcelona.

Barcelona youth academy graduates spend around 20% of all contact hourstraining in rondos (referenced in the book ‘Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style ofPlay’, pg. 34). The La Masia graduates may have spent 1,000 hours inrondos, but they’ve done so in a very specific type of rondo, specific to theBarcelona playing style.

Please share these presentations freely and use your Thursdayswisely! Visit www.inspire.football

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Rondos - Up Back Through Progression - Week 48 2015