Possession box or circle on the 25-yard line. 5v3, 4v2 or similar overload. Attackers must keep the ball, once all have touched the ball they can attack the main goal. If a defender touches the ball, the count resets. Variations/progression: - [1] attacker and [1] defender waiting in the box - once defenders win the ball in the possession box, they attack goal and other team tries to return the ball to the box.
Practices keeping possession and attacking the goal. Defenders must react quickly to the breakout.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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