2 teams, red and blue, red shoots on reds and blue shoots on blues. Coach start up too with pile of balls. for 3v3, start with 5yd x 5yd. Go up in size and players as needed. Coach will throw ball at random and teams will try to score on their goals. One goal = 1 point. Team with most points wins. one ball is scored or dead, rotate more players in.
constant movement quick switch from offensive to defense deciding which goal/player is best to go to
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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