Red team should be links, green team should be forwards and blue team should be defenders. Red team are keeping possesion of the ball inthe box, once the greem team gain possesion or if the ball leaves the box, the green team heds towards the D to have a shot at goal. Blue team runs into position once the green team has posession from their box.
Links are practicing keeping possesion of the ball in smallspaces. Forwards are practice gaining posessiona dn counter attack for goal, with finding the shortest direct option of getting there. Defenders are practicing running into possesion to defend as quickly as possible at the correct angle for a break away against them. Defenders must rot run staright at the player with the ball as it will just be pasesd around them, they need to run and mark the space and other attackers off the ball.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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