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The Roulette (Marseille Turn)

Escape pressure with a roulette. Drag the ball back and around with the soles while spinning the body, keep it protected through the turn, and burst out the other side.

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Live animationDRI
Duration
8 min
Total drill time
Players
2
Recommended
Pitch
40 × 24 m
Setup space
Level
Advanced
Skill required
Intensity
Medium
Physical demand
Age band
U13-U14
Any format

Setup & instructions

The player drives at a defender, then as pressure arrives spins a full 360 over the ball, dragging it with the soles, and bursts out the other side. Emphasise protecting the ball with the body through the turn and accelerating out of it. Practise both directions. Rotate the roles.

Setup time: 1 min

Tactical breakdown

Pressure arriving from behind, often from a defender you never saw, is the problem the roulette exists to solve, and it is a different problem from beating a man in front of you. That is why the body position matters more here than the footwork, and why it is worth teaching as an escape rather than as a trick.

Throughout the spin, the player's body sits between the ball and the defender. That is not an incidental detail, it is the entire reason the move survives contact. A player who spins with the ball on the outside of the turn has offered it up, and against a defender pressing from behind it will simply be taken. Turning so the ball stays on the far side is what makes it a protection move.

The two touches are both with the sole. The first drags the ball back and slightly across as the body begins to rotate; the second, with the other foot, continues it through the turn. Players who try to do it with the inside of the foot end up too upright and too wide, and the spin becomes slow enough to be read.

The cost is that a roulette leaves you facing a new direction with no momentum, so it has to be followed immediately by an accelerating touch. Executed in a tight area with support nearby it is excellent. Executed in your own defensive third with nobody to play to, it is how goals get conceded, and players need telling where it is and is not appropriate.

How to run this drill

  1. Drive in first so he engages. The turn needs a defender committed to your back or shoulder. Against nobody it is a pirouette, and against someone still balanced it achieves nothing.
  2. Drag it back with the sole. The first touch is the sole pulling the ball back and slightly across as the body starts to rotate. The inside of the foot leaves you upright and too wide.
  3. Spin with your body between him and the ball. Turn so the ball stays on the far side of you throughout. Spinning with the ball on the outside offers it straight to a defender pressing from behind.
  4. Continue the turn with the other sole. The second foot takes over and carries the ball round the remainder of the spin, keeping it close enough that it never leaves the shadow of your body.
  5. Accelerate out immediately. A roulette finishes with you facing a new direction and no momentum. The next touch has to be forward and hard, or the pressure simply re-arrives.
  6. Coach where it belongs on the pitch. Excellent in midfield with support close by. In your own defensive third with nobody to play to, it is how goals are conceded. Say so explicitly.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Drive in first to make the defender commit
  • Drag the ball with the sole, spin over it
  • Keep the body between the ball and the defender
  • Complete the full turn, do not stop halfway
  • Burst out of the spin into the space

Common mistakes

  • Losing control of the ball in the spin
  • Not protecting the ball with the body
  • Half-turning instead of a full 360
  • Stopping after the move instead of bursting away

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Do it against a live, pressing defender
  • Roulette into a pass or a shot
  • Use it to escape near the touchline

Regressions

  • Walk the footwork of the turn first
  • No defender to groove the spin
  • Slower to learn the two-footed drag
Equipment
Cones×2
Tactical principles
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Audience
U13-U14

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