The 3v3 Game: Practice 06 is live (Balanced structure)

The next practice in The 3v3 Game is now in the library.

For anyone new to the series: we're building The 3v3 Game as a bigger collection, one practice at a time. It breaks the game down and develops the scenarios and coaching points players will meet within a maximum 3v3 model. Practice 06 is a 2v2 duel that keeps flipping between attack and defence.

How it works:

• The coach passes the ball to one of the teams to start the 2v2

• The attacking team aims to score in the small goal in the opposite half

• The defenders aim to win the ball and score in the opposite goal

• When a team scores, they receive the next ball and attack the opposite goal

• The next team quickly enters the pitch and defends that goal

Practices 1 to 5 are already in the library if you're catching up, and there's more to come as the collection grows.

New in the library: Attacking Transition – Retain - Recorded Class

We've won the ball. Now what?

This collection is for the regains where a counter would hand the ball straight back. Everything is built around one clear language your players can use on the pitch:

Secure: protect the ball first. Show: give immediate support. Supply: play the pass that keeps it.

Inside:

✔️ 1-hour live class recording, with real match clips broken down

✔️ 20 practices with animations, session plans and coaching talkovers, from small possession games to full transition games with goalkeepers

✔️ 60-page digital booklet. Download it and take it to training

Every practice is coached three ways: Direct. Discuss. Discover.

Tip: watch the class first, then use the booklet to pick the practices that fit your group.

New for subscribers: the Attacking Transition: Retain booklet 📘

We've just added a 60-page booklet to the Attacking Transition: Retain collection. It's free for every subscriber, and it will be sold separately later on.

What's inside:

• What a successful Retain looks like (five passes after a regain) and when to choose it over Risk

• Secure, Show and Supply: the language we use with players

• All 20 Retain practices, each with setup, dimensions and coaching tips

• An interventions page for every practice: what to say, what to ask and what to challenge, plus what to look for

• QR codes that take you straight to each practice animation

You'll find it in the Retain collection now.

We're also recording a class on this collection in the next couple of days, where we'll walk through the practices and how to coach them. 

Have a read, try a practice, and let us know how it goes in here. We'd love to see your adaptations.

The Retaining collection is complete

All 20 practices in Attacking Transition: Retaining the Ball are now in one collection, and every Tactx subscriber has full access.

It sits alongside the Risking collection, also 20 practices, and our decision-making sessions, which cover both risking and retaining, with over 20 more.

To put some more meat on the bones, we’re running a live class for each of the attacking transition collections, starting next week with Retaining. We’ll look at some of the best examples of teams keeping the ball after winning it back, and how to coach it with your own players.

Wednesday 14 October, 1pm (UK time). Everyone is welcome, so come along and bring your questions.

The collection: https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball
Join the live class: https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball-live-class

Thank you for joining us: Klopp's Germany and the counter-press

Hi everyone,

A big thank you to everyone who joined today's live class on Klopp's Germany, and for all the questions in the chat. It's the questions that make these sessions, so keep them coming.

We also enjoyed the split vote on whether you'd be happy with that counter-press. We were on the fence too. The reduce was brilliant, but the recover on the far side wasn't quite there.

If we didn't get to your question on the day, or one has come to you since, drop it below, and we'll answer it here.

The full analysis is up now, with three counter-pressing practices to use with your own team. The class recording will be available to Tactx subscribers shortly.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/klopp-germany-counter-press-tactical-analysis

Thanks again, and see you at the next one

Practice 19 in the retain section is now live for subscribers. This is the 59th practice across the full attacking transition collection, covering risking (20 practices), retain (20 practices), and decision-making for both (20 practices).

Tomorrow we release the final practice to complete the collection. After that, we will be running live classes on how to coach the risk and retain principles into your game model. These will go live next week and will be available for all Tactx subscribers. Keep an eye out.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball

Is retaining the ball when winning it back part of your game model?

Going for a quick counter attack can leave the rest of the team exposed and spread. Retaining the ball allows your team to get into an organised attacking state before you go.

Practice 18 in the attacking transition retain collection is now live for all subscribers.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball

Practice 17 in the attacking transition retain collection is now live for subscribers.

This one focuses on maintaining possession after winning the ball back, before finding the opportunity to play forward. Brilliant for building retain principles in attacking transition.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball

Practice 16 in the attacking transition collection is now live for subscribers.

This one focuses on securing the ball, finding your target players, and then maintaining possession before identifying the next move to progress. All based on retaining the ball in attacking transition.

Head to the collection and keep working through it.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball

We are adding the final few practices to the attacking transition collection, bringing the total to 60 practices.

The collection covers three areas of the game:

Risking (20 practices) is complete | Retain (20 practices) | Practices involving both, with player decision-making (20 practices) is complete.

Practice 15 is now live in the retaining section. Head to the collection and keep working through it.

https://tactxcoach.com/programs/attacking-transition-retaining-the-ball