ORGANISATION: 18yrd yrd box with 2 staging areas for the two teams that are not currently on in the 18yrd box. A cone should also be placed on the corner of the 18yrd box between the 2 staging areas. 3vs3vs3vs3 ( 1 GK) 2v2v2v2 1 gk4 teams in different colours. Balls placed next to the coach (or feeder player) positioned on the edge of the 18yrd area.INSTRUCTIONS: Two teams play in the central area. One team is attacking on the goal (yellow in the diagram above) and is feed balls form the coach (feeder) when the ball goes out or the goal keeper holds a save.The other team inside the 18yrd area attempts to stop the attacking team from scoring.The rotation sequence is as follows: If the defending team (Red) manage to prevent the attacking team from scoring in 1 minute they then become the attackers and the attacking team (Yellow) leave the field and take the white teams position in the staging area. This causes a knock on effect. The white team then takes the place of the blue team in the second staging area by running around the outside of the 18yrd box. The blue team now enters and begins to defend immediately.If the Yellow team had scored the roatation would be as follows: The Yellow team gets to stay on and attack again because they scored! The red team would then switch off the field. White and blue would make their same rotations. SCORING:The team with the most goals after a set period of time is the winning team.
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