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Two-Box Transfer Rondo

Keep possession and transfer between the boxes. Circulate to draw the press, pick the moment to switch firmly to the other box, and keep the ball there before the defenders re-press.

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Duration
12 min
Total drill time
Players
6
Recommended
Pitch
52 × 24 m
Setup space
Level
Advanced
Skill required
Intensity
High
Physical demand
Age band
U13-U14
Any format

Setup & instructions

Two boxes side by side, each with players, and defenders who work across both. The team keeps the ball in one box, then transfers with a firm switch pass to the other box before the defenders shift across. Emphasise keeping it under pressure and the timing and weight of the transfer. Defenders slide across together to re-press. Rotate the defenders.

Setup time: 2 min

Tactical breakdown

Two boxes side by side turn a rondo into an exercise about the switch, and the switch is the pass most possession drills never train. A single-box rondo teaches circulation and penetration; neither of those is what beats an organised press in a match. What beats it is moving the ball from a crowded side to an empty one faster than the opposition can shift.

The timing decides everything. Transferring too early, before the defenders have committed to the first box, means arriving in the second box with the press arriving alongside the ball, which is no better than where you started. The switch is only worth playing once the press has genuinely leaned one way, and drawing them in is therefore part of the pattern rather than a delay before it.

The pass itself has to be firm and usually along the ground. A floated transfer gives defenders the two seconds they need to travel with it, and a receiving player who has to control a dropping ball has lost the advantage the switch created. Struck flat and to the correct foot is what preserves it.

What happens on arrival is the part teams get wrong. The first touch in the new box should go away from the incoming pressure, and the first pass should be quick, because the defenders are still travelling and will arrive within a couple of seconds. Teams that transfer well and then settle simply invite the press to reform.

Support in the receiving box has to exist before the ball does, which means somebody is always positioned in the box the ball is not in.

How to run this drill

  1. Set two boxes side by side. Adjacent grids with a small gap between them. Possession is kept in one box until the moment to transfer, and defenders work across both.
  2. Circulate to draw the press in. Move the ball inside the first box until the defenders have genuinely committed. Transferring before they lean means the press arrives with the ball.
  3. Occupy the far box before the switch. Support has to exist before the ball does, so someone is always positioned in the box the ball is not in, ready to receive rather than arriving after it.
  4. Transfer firmly and along the ground. A floated switch gives defenders two seconds to travel with it, and a dropping ball costs the receiver the advantage the transfer just created.
  5. First touch away from the arriving press. The defenders are already moving across. Taking the first touch into space rather than under the feet is what keeps the ball once it lands.
  6. Play quickly on arrival. The window in the second box is a couple of seconds. Teams that transfer well and then settle simply allow the press to reform around them.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Circulate to draw the press before the switch
  • Transfer firmly, do not underhit the switch
  • Time it before the defenders can shift across
  • Receive and settle it in the new box quickly
  • Defenders slide across together to re-press

Common mistakes

  • Underhit transfer intercepted in the gap
  • Switching too late, into a set press
  • Losing it in the new box before settling
  • Defenders not sliding across together

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Add a third defender to press harder
  • Limit touches to speed the transfers
  • A neutral in the middle to help the switch

Regressions

  • Bigger boxes and three touch
  • Closer boxes to shorten the transfer
  • Two defenders only, less pressure
Equipment
Cones×8
Tactical principles
two box rondotransfer rondoswitching playrondo drillpossession drillswitch of playadvanced rondochanging the point of attackbeating the pressu14 possession drill
Audience
U13-U14

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