
Two even teams play a possession game inside the white coned area. Two target zones in the area (one for each team) Spare balls spread around outside of the area to keep game flowing quick (when ball goes out of play, a player from the team who will restart will get to a ball put there hand on it before passing in to area) Teams play possession football and as soon as they get the opportunity to pass it to the target player they go for it) Target player has to catch the ball inside the target zone for point to count Target player then restarts the game by giving possession to the other team
Press the ball quickly when out of possession Nearest man to player in possession should shut down Remaining players get marked up to cut off options When closing down, can player encourage the opponent in possesion to move a particular way? Angle of approach of pressing player
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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