Two teams of four in a small sided grid area. Blue team: made up of the starting back four. Red team: Made up preferably of two wingers and two strikers. Red team: collects a ball from their end every time the game restarts and attempt to get over the far endline and touch their boot on the ball to score. Blue team: Must work as a unit to defend their endline and operate as a compact unit.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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