Ep. 2 - Understanding the Different 7v7 Formations (and why 1 is the best!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hi coaches - in this video I break down all the common (and some uncommon) 7v7 soccer formations out in use, and I show you why the preferred 1-2-3-1 is the best option for most youth soccer coaches.
You'll also gain an understanding of the types of formations you may see played against you, so you'll have a leg up on attacking the weaknesses of your opposition.
00:00 - Start
01:10 - 1-3-3
03:38 - 1-2-2-2
05:08 - 1-1-4-1
06:19 - 1-1-1-3-1
06:48 - 1-3-2-1
08:12 - 1-2-3-1
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Very helpful! Been coaching for a few years now 7v7 & 9v9, and i am looking to step up my game to be a more detailed, strategic coach. Glad i found your channel!
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Happy I found your channel! Transitioning to 7v7 this coming fall with the rec team I coach. Great content. Really appreciate your videos!
Welcome aboard!
Interesting video. 2-3-1 is the most common formation and it has many advantages. Especially it provide a natural defensive balance (or a better word security).
However, the 3-2-1 formation is actually the one formation that really prepare kids to play 9v9 and later 11v11. The video don’t show the correct way of playing 3-2-1. Difficult to go into many details in a comment but a couple of essential bullets:
- the wingbacks are not supposed to be on both places at once, hence they don’t need to track back the way the video describes. The defensive balance i set by one of the midfielders or the wingback on the other side
- it provide kids the opportunity to develop better game understanding as they need to read and anticipate the game much more. They need to understand the position of the ball, the opponents, the teammates and of course their own position to determine (on their own) what to do in each moment.
- it prepare kids better for 9v9/11v11. In the modern game the centre backs are extremely involved in build up. In the 3-2-1 formation the sole CB learns to cope with stress and also to both find passing lanes through opponents pressing lines as well as drive/dribble their way out of pressure. The interaction with GK is also developed. The collab with any other future CB in a 9v9 is easy to learn (I’m a former pro player and played mostly as CB).
- the wingback role is difficult to learn but in the 3-2-1 formation kids learn the movement, the timing to go forward or go back and also when to fall in behind the CB.
- the two CMs outnumber the one CM in a 2-3-1 formation. And by playing with two CMs the kids learn how to position and interact with another player in the centre of the pitch which is difficult to learn but important. Especially as most teams playing 9v9/11v11 play with 2 or even 3 in the centre of midfield.
- also in midfield. In 2-3-1 most coaches tend to play with physical strong players. Not so often with technical players or players that haven’t cone so far yet in their development. With the 3-2-1 formation you can balance a couple of players, hence allowing small creative players to blossom and not so well developed players to try- and understand how to play in midfield.
Though, if winning games in short term rather than develop the kids and win games long term is your preference (which I think is a poor strategy) I would not suggest playing 3-2-1 as it takes time to learn and you Will lose many many games in the beginning. Recommended is that kids should reach 9-10 yo before implementing 3-2-1.
Ps. My respect to the author of this video ✊ He seems to know a lot about football but it’s impossible to know everything.
I take you comments and understand your point of view, but I'll stand by my assertion that, for the types of kids we are taking about here (town level, non-club) the 2-3-1 is better suited. The 2 wide midfielders get the same understanding as a wing-back or flying fullbacks in the formation, without the added physical endurance needed to play box to box at this age.
The 2 center backs in effect are the double pivot (if in the future they play in a system like that) but so many other 11v11 formations utilize 2 center backs that this pairing can provide the basis for that early training as well.
Lastly, the field size of 7v7 negates much of the potential downsides of having 1 central midfielder - support is so close in reality (either from the wide mids or the center backs) that the lone player is never really outnumbered - you'll have more of an issue keeping them away from each other than they being isolated!
The real key I feel is 9v9 - whatever formation you ultimately hope to play in 11v11 dictates what you do in 9v9 - the 7v7 years just provide a foundation for players to be flexible enough to fit into any 9v9 situation, with the added benefit of 2 years more experience and better cognitive and spacial processing to take on additional workload, both physically and mentally.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hope you can post some 9v9 vids coach!
9v9 is tricky, because really what you do there should be linked to what you want to do at 11v11 - it's truly the bridge to the full field game. You certainly can take many of the concepts from my 7v7 content and bring them to the 9v9 game - just work out your 11v11 ultimate goal, and then tailor your 9v9 to prep your players.
My town is instructed to play a modified 1-4-2-3-1 at 11v11, which means the 9v9 looks like a 1-2-5-1 with a midfield triangle (two holding 6's with a 10, and a 7 and 11 wide). 9v9 then trains those 2 holding 6's to be the double pivot for the 11v11.
And of course, since I encourage the 1-2-3-1 in 7v7, I've started the training of the central midfield roles there - all a progression!
I play 1-2-3-1 mainly with lots of success but the strongest teams have exploited my weaker backs and forced my CM to support leaving the middle at goal open for a cross and score. I'm thinking to try a 3-1-2 against stronger teams where the CB would assist the LB and RB and the CM would cover the striker. Thoughts?
Short (long) answer - while it's difficult to get scored on by stronger teams, don't abandon your principles just to try and win at this age - if you are consistent with your approach, eventually you'll be one of the stronger teams because your players will be comfortable in their roles and responsibilities, and you can focus more energy on individual skills (like 1v1 and 2v2 defending) - the shape is not a magic pill - it's just a framework for your players to demonstrate their technical skills within.
I have a video on defensive responsibilities coming out soon - it may be that your team just isn't applying the right defensive match-ups in other parts of the field and that video may help as well.