This game is like playing half court basketball. You can play it with as many players as you like but you might have to adjust the size of the field depending on how many players you have. You make two teams. There is only one cage that both teams have to score on. Before scoring, your team has to get the ball in the golden zone (indicated with cones or so). You can either dribble or make a good pass into the golden zone and out of the zone for it to count. When you leave the golden zone successfully, your team earned the right to score. The other team who does not have the right to score should try and make sure the other team does not score. When the team with right to score, scores, then both teams go back to neutral and whichever team gets the ball into the golden zone has now the right to score. If a ball goes out of bounce, the same team that had the right to score still has this right. The goal is to keep possession of the ball as much as possible after you get the ball in the golden zone so that your team can score while the other team is playing defense.
As a coach you can decide about certain rules: if you want them to focus on passing maybe make the rule that dribbling in the golden zone is not allowed and only passing counts. You can also decide that if the ball goes out of bounce, nobody has right to score anymore. You can also decide that when a team scores, they keep their right to score. Other coaching points: 1. This should be a fast pace game. 2. The change between being offensive and becoming defense is quick here. Make sure players notice this transition and are always ready for this to happen. 3. Stick to stick passing is essential here to keep the ball in your team's possession.
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