Transition
Transition Game — Win It, Go
Two teams
Theme
Transition
Duration
20 min
Players (min–rec–max)
11–11–11
Equipment
cones, bibs, balls
Set-up
Two teams. When a team wins the ball they have five seconds to get an attacker beyond halfway before the ball can go forward. Forces immediate transition thinking rather than resetting after every turnover.
Coaching points
- First thought on winning the ball: can we go forward now?
- Kason Mentzer — your pace is the weapon in transition; make the run the moment we win it
- Don't overload the transition drill with instruction; let them find it
Progressions
- Reduce the forward transition window to three seconds
- Add a neutral player who always plays with the team in possession