Topic
When to jump, who goes first, and why it falls apart.
Pressing is the part of the game that looks like effort and is really organisation. One player sprinting at the ball achieves very little. Three players moving together, at the right moment, can win it back in seconds.
These guides look at the cues that set a press off, the shapes teams use to funnel play, and the gaps a press leaves behind when the timing is wrong.
A press only works when everyone goes at once. These are the cues that tell a team when to jump, and how the first presser, second presser and cover should move.
By Callum Rees 9 min read