Hey guys, it's Simon here from Soccer Training Central
Just put some slides together on
some soccer formations that you might play as a team
It's not an exhaustive list but it's really to get you
started on some of the more common
formations that you might want to play.
First of all, the 4-4-2 is probably
certainly by name
the most well known formation. The numbers relate to
defense, midfield and forwards.
In this instance we're talking about four in defense, four in the midfield
and two forwards. You'll
notice that only adds up to ten so generally
doesn't include the keeper, obviously
the keeper doesn't change. To take you through 4-4-2...
So this is where you have four in the
back,
and as I explained in the video I did on positions
that are available, the sweeper here,
behind the center back, their role is really to cover
across all that defense, it's the last line of defense.
They need to help try and clear up anything that comes through here.
Really important as far as their tactical ability.
Now the other one I wanted to talk about was the midfield, so you've got four
in the midfield here.
Now there are two points I want to make, first of all, center mid.
Whether you have them side by side, or if you've got one in front
of each other, this one here, this center mid, their role is much more around
certainly controlling the midfield but they
want to be pushing forward
in more of an attacking role. Whereas this
center midfielder here is playing what
they call more of a
holding role.
That's more of a holding role,
so their job is really trying to control that center field, and
obviously working with the
backs. This one also works in
the middle but definitely more of an
attacking player.
Now with your wings here,
again, they're playing in the midfield
but their role
is really to push right up. They've got to control
that whole channel
along here, so both as far as getting back
in defense but also pushing forward
in attack. And it's the same over here on the right,
they've got to control this whole channel down here. Both pushing forward
in attack, and supporting, and trying to put the
ball in, supporting forwards.
But also getting back in here to help
defend.
So that's the 4-4-2. Moving on, next is
the formation 4-3-3. So again, starting
at the back. We've got the
four here in the defensive line,
and then this time we've only got three
in the midfield.
The left mid still playing that sort of wing role, they've got to
push up.
Given we've got four at the back, they're still going to be pushing a bit more
forward. Same on the right, but this time you've also got
three forwards so you've effectively got center forward,
a left center forward and a right center forward.
So more of an attacking formation.
The next one
is a 4-2-4. So this is the
most offensive,
certainly the most attacking formation you can play.
We've got four in the back here once again.
This time we've only got these two in the midfield.
In order to do that, these guys here need to be extremely fit
but also need to be very skillful
because they've got to control that whole
area.
You need to have a lot of confidence
in your midfield
and obviously the idea is that they can push
the ball up,
into these four forwards that you've
got
in here. It also requires that you can,
between these six players, you can maintain and hold possession.
It does really come down to how skillful
these guys are here in the middle, no
doubt about that.
The next formation is 3-5-2.
It's probably, next to the 4-4-2, probably the
most next common. So you'll notice here,
this time we've only got three in the back. There's no sweeper
here, so
we're relying on having these three here
in the
middle and what we've done instead, is we've got three
in the center mid here. Again this
one's playing a bit more,
this center mid is playing a bit more of a
holding role; similar with this, and this one at the front
certainly pushing up a bit. Again you've
got your left mid
and right mid that have got to cover all this
in defense but also in attack. And
then you've just got your two
center forwards but obviously the left and right mid
designed to push right up.
Normally it might be spread across here,
so if you think you've got five
midfielders spread right across here, it's really around
more of a defensive pattern so it's really about controlling
that midfield but also having the ability for these two on the left and right wings
can push-up
when needed. The last one I'm going to take you through
is the 3-6-1. This is obviously very busy in the middle,
so you've got three in the back. This time we've actually got
six in the middle.
The idea if you're going to be playing this
is really about holding, creating a lot of
congestion
through the middle of the field here,
so very, very defensive.
And you've only got that one center forward.
For my liking, generally it's
normally playing a 4-4-2,
or that previous one I just showed you, the 3-5-2.
Certainly as far as the team that I'm coaching at the moment, I'm starting with 4-4-2.
I think it's easier for them to understand
instructions. That's just a quick overview.
There are other alternatives that you can play
but they're some of the more common ones you might find.
Hopefully that was helpful.
Check out the website and see what else we might have for you.
Cheers.
