Organisation - 2015 grid. Have goals on 3 sides. Split the kids into 2 groups (attackers and defenders) Practice - When coach says go, Defender passes ball to attacker and its a 1v1. Attacker tries to do body feints and go past the defender to score a goal. Goals on the sides is 1 point. Goal behind defender is 5 points.
1 - Head up while dribbling 2 - Soft touches on the ball to keep it under control 3 - Accelerate and dribble into space 4 - Encourage players to go for the goal with 5 points
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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