In this course, as a student of the Counterattack Specialist Master’s program, you will learn everything you need to know about this key phase of the game, which is increasingly essential to master due to the changes taking place in modern football.
The counterattack training we offer responds to all the demands and requirements that today’s football is developing, thanks to the implementation of increasingly defensively demanding teams, high-pressure teams, and, above all, fast, effective, and aggressive offensive transitions. This new situation requires a coach with the necessary professional skills to properly coach these skills, so that their team can get the most out of a situation that, especially in grassroots football, is something that constantly arises in the game.
Taking this course will allow us to learn and understand all the steps necessary for your team to develop offensive transitions as effectively as possible. Not only will you learn the tricks of how and where to attack to do more damage to your opponent, but you will also discover the secrets of the best coaches regarding pre-positioning and the techniques needed to achieve a higher success rate on counterattacks.
Do you know what the pressure trap, shadow cover, looking for intermediate objectives, or the diagonality of a transition are? Well, you will learn these tricks and more with us. And we assure you, not everyone knows about them. The fact that you can understand them will make you more valuable than other coaches.
SYLLABUS – Counterattack Specialist
TOPIC 1. Preliminary Situations to Promote and Facilitate the Counterattack
- 1.1 Definition of a contract
- 1.2 The pressing trap
- 1.3 Shadow coverage
TOPIC 2. Fundamental Aspects of the Counterattack
- 2.1 Width within the counterattack
- 2.2 Strategic areas for counterattacking
- 2.3 Target man and intermediate target
- 2.4 Facing the ball
- 2.5 The one-two pass and the return pass
- 2.6 Communicating the pass during the counterattack
TOPIC 3. Causing the Opponent’s Mistake During the Counterattack
- 3.1 The half-space
- 3.2 Necessary characteristics to provoke a defensive error
- 3.3 The importance of diagonal play in the opponent’s defensive reorganization
TOPIC 4. Effectively Finishing a Break Counterattack
- 4.1 Strategic finishing zones
- 4.2 Psychological effects of the counterattack on attackers and defenders
- 4.3 Training suggestions
- 4.4 Final Project