General outletting see picture 5 against 4 Game: 5 times outletting. Who wins? Exercise:- fieldpositions outletting + right half and centre half- outlet team scores when ball is on midline under control- if defenders get ball, score on goalie.- after 5 times outletting change rolesVARIATION- score on midline only by passing to teammate on the line- only halfs can score on the midline
GOAL 1:- learn basic of outletting: creating a 2V1 GOAL 2 (variation 1):- learn outletting pattern of centre half getting ball on midline
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