What? Cones, Balls, 3 different color pinnies, 9 players (minimum) How? Possesion game inside a 15x25 yard area, two team on offense 1 team on defense, if your team loses the ball or messes up, your team is now on defense. Example: Team BLUE and RED are on Offense and Team YELLOW is trying to steal the ball. If Team YELLOW steals the ball from a BLUE player, then Team BLUE would be on defense, and Teams RED and YELLOW would be on offense.
Attack: Quick passing Spacial awareness Quick decision making and pre-scanning Defense: Get the ball back quickly and efficiently work to get ball back within 5 seconds high pressure on the ball force offense into a corner and trap there
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