John Cossaboon: Midfield Play Passing for Possession and Penetration

with John Cossaboon,
Southern Methodist University Head Women's Soccer Coach,
'04 WAC Champions

Coach Cossaboon, who has coached at the professional level internationally and has helped develop Olympic talent, teaches how to control midfield play by effectively getting players through the midfield and into the attacking third of the field. During this on-field demonstration clinic presentation, Cossaboon uses a progression of drills to improve athletes' ability to get through the midfield with dribbles and passes and by changing the point of attack and swinging the ball. Cossaboon uses 2 v 2, 4 v 4, 5 v 5, and 7 v 7 situations to teach players to move to open space, lose defenders, communicate, have vision and focus, and use soft passes to penetrate through the midfield. Through this video, Coach Cossaboon will help you teach your players to reduce playing "racehorse" soccer, straight up the field, and use different points of attack and angles to pick apart the defense!

53 minutes. 2005.

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