40 x 25 yard field. 3 teams of 3 players. Wide small sided goals split on end lines. Field has 3 equal zones. Blue team attacks, Red team defends. Red has one defender in middle 1/3rd, and 1 defender in defensive 3rd. When blue scores or red wins the ball, red goes the opposite way, attacking against the yellow team. The game moves on like this indefinatly. Remove restrictions on where defenders can be positioned once attackers start having success almost every time.
Focus on the 2 vs 1 situations that can be created in each zone. Find the attacker with the best chance of scoring. Focus on the interplay, and off the ball movements of the attackers. Disguise the pass against the second defender.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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