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The blue team has to try and play the ball through the middle area (dribble, pass through or pass into) to score. The red team have to stop them doing, win the ball and try and dribble it out of the bigger area. Progressions: – Add defenders. – Make the middle area smaller. […]
Dribbling Tech/Skill 1: Players can not go into the triangle and must stay near the outside. One player is the chaser while the other is trying to get away. Swap over each time someone gets tagged. Both players have a ball. 2: One player is in the triangle without a ball while the other is […]
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Blue team have to try and score by can only do so by filling all 5 channels. The defending red team can only go in the central 3 channels to start with. On the transition, the roles switch Progressions: – Defending team can go anywhere but can only fill 3 channels at a time. – […]
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Defending Phase of Play (defence and midfield) Blues have to attack in a 2-4-formation (2 wing backs, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers) and score in the main goal. The reds (in a 4v4 formation) have to defend the main goal and attack the two other goals. Have a starting point, for example, a blue striker […]
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1: Players can not go into the triangle and must stay near the outside. One player is the chaser while the other is trying to get away. Swap over each time someone gets tagged. Both players have a ball. 2: One player is in the triangle without a ball while the other is on the […]
Coach calls out a colour and the goalkeepers have to dive to that side and touch the ball with both hands. First one wins (against their partner). Reset and then the next one. Progressions: – Call 1 and 2 – Call left and right – Call colour, number and direction – Opposites […]
1 v 2 to the end line. The defender starts with the ball and passes across to the attacker. As soon an the ball is played the game is live. If it goes out then start the game again. Progressions: – Can start with only pressure (no tackling) – 2 V 3 – Add goals […]
Goalkeepers have to shoot at the other goalkeeper’s goals to score. Goalkeepers can’t score in the goals either side of them. Players can either roll, throw or kick the ball (coach can limit to one to make it easier or harder). Progressions: – Elimination (if scored on, that player goes down on one knee, then […]
1 v 2 to the end line. The defender starts with the ball and passes across to the attacker. As soon an the ball is played the game is live. If it goes out then start the game again. Progressions: – Can start with only pressure (no tackling) – 2 V 3 – Add goals […]
Two strikers have to score as many goals as possible from the five chances they get. The reds and the goalkeeper have to try and stop them and get the ball out of the area, only one defender can come in at a time. Once that ball is used (goal, miss or tackle). that defender […]
