

2 v 1 situation improve movement off the ball: The 2 v 1 situation makes the attacker think and observe the defending player, to know, where the space is? Where the defender is? Where the teammate is? All of which are real constants within the actual game and require dynamic decision-making to be made by the ball carrier. The main decision being develop is that of when to dribble or when to pass. The 2 v 1 improves the decision-making process:

If the attacker uses effective changes of pace then the dribble is often successful.Īlternatively, if the defender blocks the space in front of the attacker then the space exploited by the attacker is a pass. The run of the player without the ball attracts the defender which can often open up space in front of the attacker. If the defender gets their positioning wrong the attacker is often left with space in front of them to dribble into and exploit. This is because there is an option of a pass. The 2 v 1 makes dribbles by a player on the ball harder to defend against: If the defending team leaves the overload, then wide areas of the field can be utilized to get crosses into the box or pullbacks for late runners to get opportunities to score. If the defenders even up the numbers and leave their space, quick combinations can often lead to scoring opportunities for the attacking team.

This can often be a win, win for the attacking team.
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How often in professional games is an overlap, underlap used to exploit an opponent, these runs across or behind opposition are really difficult to defend against and often create spaces elsewhere due to opposition players leaving their immediate spaces to deal with the overloaded area. The 2 v 1 situation creates overloaded situations in favor of attackers: 2 v 1 Soccer: Technical and Tactical Benefits This should motivate coaches to think about practice design and the inclusion of drills of this nature into their current regime. It is clear that there is a large number of benefits to using 2 v 1 practices in your coaching.
