By playing games with your players at this late stage in the season you can help keep them motivated whilst continuing to work on their fitness levels, as well as their basic ball skills - giving your players an injection of energy as they get stuck into these fun and challenging conditioned games.
Playing without purpose though is pointless which is why all the games in this session have been designed to get your players thinking - about their organisation on the field, how to realign and communicate.
Space Invaders in particular is an excellent drill for getting players to think about taking risks when sending players forwards into the attack!
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