Switching gears as quickly as possible is the focus of this exercise.
As a coach you can of course always choose where you put the emphasis in this exercise: switching to ball possession or switching after ball loss.
The exercise form
The red side plays in the red square a positional game 7 vs 5.
When yellow captures the ball, the player of the yellow side plays a fellow player in the yellow square.
The 5 yellow players from the red square plus 5 random red players move to the yellow square.
Switching, in other words. In the yellow square the positional play then continues 7 against 5, until red captures the ball and plays it back to the red square.
Then the players switch back to the red square.
CoachingApart from whether the positional play goes well, the main issue is of course the switching. Therefore:
Switchover to ball possession: is the game actually moved to the other square as soon as possible?
Switchover after ball loss: can the pass to the other square still be prevented? By putting immediate pressure on the ball
Switching after ball loss: if the game cannot be prevented, do 2 players switch to the other square a.s.a.p.?