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Receiving the back-pass under pressure (u16)

Perfect receiving the back-pass with pressure closing, resolving with one touch to the free side — receiving the back-pass was a thin topic and is the highest-risk moment of playing with the feet.

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Load

minutes
12
Intensity
Medium
Sets and reps
2 × 6

Microcycle days it fits

MD-4, MD-3

Each bar’s height is that day’s dive ceiling.

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
0
outfield player
3

Space: 26 × 18 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal, Bibs

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

2 steps

A centre-back returns to the goalkeeper with a presser closing. The reception must already orient the ball to the free side, resolving before the pressure arrives.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Open the body before the ball arrives, to receive already facing the field and see the outlet.
  • The first touch takes the ball away from pressure to the free side; never control to the feet under pressure.
  • Decide before receiving — the head lifts and picks the outlet while the ball is still travelling.
  • If the outlets shut, a clean touch away is a mature decision; forcing under pressure is how goals are conceded.

Progressions

  1. Immediate pressure on the reception.
  2. Shut one of the outlet lines.

Regressions

  1. Pressure arriving late.
  2. Widen the space between centre-backs.

Sources · 2

  1. Book«Coaching the Complete Goalkeeper» — metodologia holandesa
  2. CurriculumCoaches Session Plans, U.S. Soccer — Resource Hub