PROTECT/STEAL One team of players dribble incide box. Ssecond team out side box until coaches signal. Inside team to protect ball and keep posession.Players outside to attempt to steal ball and keep posession. 1 minute game, how many players who stated with ball still in posesion, and vise versa? Swap team roles. PROGRESSION: Intro duce a safe zone, only allowed to use safe zone for 3/5secs, cant go back to same zone. Point system for crossing the box from one zone to the other.
Players to use body to keep ball away from defenders, spot opportunities to move away into space. Defenders to press, and wait for opportunites to steal ball. Safe zones forcing directional play one side of pitch to the other.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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