Taking simple tactical ideas created on the training field to the game situation. Coaches teach certain movements in training; players take ownership of them in the game situation. How to Break Down Player Movements: The following presentation is designed to simplify all the potential Patterns of Play of young players at 8 v 8. This is done by showing a two player rotation per slide. Eventually we will show several movements but coaches need to build up to these slowly and with patience. A Team Pattern of Play: Patterns of Play are designed to be practiced to help players identify common situations in the game itself. When these situations occur the players involved will think about the movements within a pattern of play (that they practiced in training) and will re-enact them in the game. Our goal is to make this an unconscious decision where the players don’t even have to think about it; they just do it naturally / instinctively.

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2. The following presentation is designed to
simplify all the potential Patterns of Play of
young players at 8 v 8.
This is done by showing a two player rotation
per slide.
Eventually we will show several movements
but coaches need to build up to these slowly
and with patience.
WayneHarrison SoccerAwareness (c)2013

3. Patterns of Play are designed to be practiced to
help players identify common situations in the
game itself.
When these situations occur the players involved
will think about the movements within a pattern of
play (that they practiced in training) and will re-
enact them in the game.
Our goal is to make this an unconscious decision
where the players don’t even have to think about
it; they just do it naturally / instinctively.
WayneHarrison SoccerAwareness (c)2013

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3 11
Using Cones as reference points for team shape defensively then team shape offensively. This is the team
shape start position of a 3-3-1 Double Diamond
3-3-1
Phase One
Zone
14
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10
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7
2
3
11
Attacking shape is now a 3-1-3.
Zone 14 is the area between the opponents back players and their midfield.
3-1-3Phase Two
Zone 14
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6. 96
10
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7
2
3
11
This is the attacking team shape now a 1-3-3. The attacking team shape we change to when we are chasing a
game; perhaps losing 1-0 and wanting to be more positive in attack. So this now would be the start
position.
1-3-3
Phase
Three
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7. The previous slides show simple and distinctive
patterns of play for the team to follow; from a
basic defending shape; to a basic attacking shape.
The Third slide shows a more advanced pattern
of play for the attacking phase.
The next slides break down these Patterns of Play
to smaller numbers involved to create an idea
that could easily become an instinctive
movement between two players.
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8. Next we have a very simple “unit” pattern of play
involving our 2 wide players working together and
creating space for each other on one side of the
field.
(3) knows when (11) cuts inside that is the “cue” for
(3) to overlap; call it a “condition” if you like.
Likewise with (2) and (7) on the other side.
This encourages / conditions our Fullbacks (2) and
(3) to attack.
This is a “two player rotation”
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