Use a half-field Select 1 player who is âit." Each of the remaining players should be standing in the grid with a ball waiting for the coaches whistle. On the coaches whistle, the player who is âitâ tags âfreezesâ as many players as possible If a player is tagged, he/she must pick the football up, hold it over their head and spread their legs. They should be encouraged to shout âhelp!â as loud as possible. To get âunfrozenâ another player (teammate) must dribble to and pass the ball through the spread legs of the âfrozen playerâ. Once the player is âunfrozenâ, he/she resumes dribbling in the grid. If a player dribbles the ball outside of the grid, that player is âfrozenâ.
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