
Equipment Needed 2 Goals 2 sets of 4 colour cones Footballs Have Players around the goals. When Coach blows whistle players must work together and put all the footballs in to the goals. Before player ccan score players must go through the colour gate they got their football from before players can score. Coach can use this game as the last drill of the session and set a timer for the players to try and score all of the footballs before the timer goes up.
Remind players to go through gate before scoring a goal Enrourage kids to use their left and right foot when dribbling the ball and to keep the ball close to their feet. Coach Can challenge players to only use their laces/ use inside foot only & or use weaker foot only (Depending on skill of player)
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