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This is brilliant thank you
Excellent video
Music is a bit loud
1:17 sure if you are gonna draw lines round them like that you should call it a 2-1-3 instead of a 2-3-1. Personally I call it a 2-3-1
I coach a youth team (currently U10) in the UK (midlands) and I'm sorry, but a lot of the top tier teams attack down the wings. The 2-3-1 is popular. But it's not the best formation, because it wastes 1 player. No need for 2 defenders as this is not often needed, and the lack of that player further forward leads to teams that play 2-3-1 playing deeper than necessary cos they can't retain posession up front. Most effective 7-a-side formation is 1-2-3. It's counter-intuitive, but the pressure it creates on other teams eventually wins out.
About to start coaching a youth team and this helped so much, thank you! ⚽️
One midfielder would be helpful in 7v7 who can play as defensive & attacking midfielder. One centre half and two wing backs and two attackers.
Good video. I don't disagree with a lot of what you say but I do think there are certain limitations on this system (as I suppose there are with all systems). I would say 95% of teams I have come up against play this way or a variation on it and because of that there are certain issues with it.
Firstly, if you come up a better group of players you're going to find yourself doing a lot of running and often being pressed back into a 4-1-1. The formation is very reliant on having wingers with a good engine and if your mids don't track, you've got big problems.
Secondly, and this is more of a back two issue, any team attacking with width leads to your back two getting split or dragged to one side and leaving you vulnerable to a quick switch ball as there are gaps in the middle or at the back post.
Also if your wide men get too far forward and you lose the ball you can get ripped on the counter.
Equally if they're too wide and a team play two CMs, or the striker likes to drop, your CM can get isolated and struggle to keep the ball.
My team have a smaller pool of players to the others in our league and tend to – but not always – have to punch above our weight. The easiest way to counter the 2-3-1 is with a 3-2-1. Go man for man with the wingers and striker and drop two in on the CM. Again has its limitations going the other way but can frustrate the hell out of a team of better players.
When I coached a team with much better players we always used 2-3-1. My best side had a really slow striker who was extremely good on the ball – basically a number 10. He'd drop off the back two and create mayhem by feeding balls into our pacey wingers with a more holding CM so when we attacked it was more of a 2-1-1-2. I also like using inverted wingers when I have them in this system. Tend to get more central control as they drift in and they get closer to the striker and get a better angle for shooting.
I coach a girls team under 10's 9 a-side and I have been strict in keeping them rigid in their lines so this is great to give me new ideas. I have found some coaches have attackers "goal hang" due to there being no offside rule. What can I do in this situation?
The beast is 3.2.1
How about a 3-1-2 . The two forwards playing a little wide
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2-3-1 best System for 7v7
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Well done great vid. I like the way you bring it back to real world as a coach myself of under 10s. Agree with you 100%. Our plan is low and medium blocks of 3 when defending but get to 2-1-2-1 ASAP when ball is won. Keep it central. Wingers not essential at this level with so few options to cross to.
Brilliant we play 7v7 and I believe 1-3-2-1 is the best set up for are team we have really good players and also some need more guidance . but we mix everyone together we are as one and I like going into a game with a positive set up which I think this is we lose some win some . But it’s always fun and like to give the players the best chance of attacking instead of sitting back.