with Paul Jobson,
Baylor University Women's Head Coach;
United States Soccer Federation "A" Licensed Coach;
2018 Big XII Conference Champions;
2018 NISOA-NSCAA Intercollegiate National Merit Award;
2018 United Soccer Coaches Midwest Regional Staff of the Year;
Back-to-back NCAA Elite Eight appearances (2017, 2018);
2x Big XII Conference Championships (2012, 2017)
In this video, Paul Jobson demonstrates how he teaches attacking and how your sessions can be effective with any size group at practice. Throughout the video, Coach Jobson shows four different concepts that will help your team not only attack, but also transition quickly and react accordingly to where they are on the field. Jobson provides in-depth illustrations on the field to show different ideas on how to attack with low numbers and to transition quickly on both sides of the ball.
Attacking Games
You will learn how to use low numbers to teach the attacking side of the game. Coach Jobson explains the teaching points he emphasizes during the games, including:
- Movement off the ball to create the spaces needed to be dangerous in the attacking third.
- Importance of attacking shape when attacking with pace.
- How the use of 1-2 touch, combination play, and speed of play can be vital when going to goal to finish.
Practice Segments
Coach Jobson begins by showing how he puts his players in a functional passing pattern that incorporates wing play. The emphasis in this particular drill is players develop a sense of technical execution to penetrate behind an opposition's back line. This includes cutting the ball back, early crosses, finishing, and the types of runs needed from your strikers. Once players start developing confidence, he progresses this exercise to force an element of decision-making based on the receivers' first touch and decision on their first pass.
The second segment that Jobson includes is titled "3v1 to 2v1 Breakout to Goal". It's here that he shows the importance of wingers and their movement in the attack and decision-making on and off the ball. During this game, players are given plenty of repetition at not only runs from the wings, but also attacking with speed toward the goal.
After a firm grasp from the players, Coach Jobson progresses to a 3v1 to 3v2 breakout game. Here, the Baylor staff allows one additional attacker to follow the attack, but also allows one defender from the 3v1 box to recover to put more pressure on the attack team. This progression forces players into a more game-like setting.
In the third segment, Coach Jobson shows the "2v1 to 3v2 Transition Game". Players are taught the importance of transition when it comes to attacking play in this high-tempo and fast-paced small sided game. Your athletes will learn the decision-making process when attacking numbers up and attacking with speed. Players are originally placed in a 2v1 situation and quickly transition into a 3v2 look. A high emphasis is placed on maintaining proper attacking shape, body position, and having a quality end product.
The fourth and final segment features Jobson placing his players in a 6v5 to goal game in a phase of play setting using half the field. This puts players in a functional setting to replicate their 4-3-3 system. Jobson and his staff promote quality attacking play, which includes 1v1 situations, how to break lines, what they do when possession is lost, and what to look for when players are attacking from the middle to final third.
This video will teach you the correct technical and tactical elements of attacking in terms of placement vs. power finishing, proper runs that need to be made in the box when attacking the goal, how to incorporate the team and not just the forwards/strikers, and how the use of combination play and speed of play can help you gain that extra advantage when attacking. Coach Jobson has low numbers practice sessions mastered!
60 minutes. 2019.