Three teams of 2.
Two teams combine to play against the 3rd team (in the animation this is the white and gold team playing against the blue team).
If the 3rd team successfully gets the ball, the team that lost the ball is in the middle and the other two teams combine to continue.
Can take a little bit of time to get the rotation between turnover - keep players at it and will become more fluid
Players should utilise wall passes to move the defenders around and create the overloads to find space
- Reduce the area that is being played in as players become more confident
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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