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Fun drills to help with confidence, team building and game play?

Im about to coach a mixed ability mixed aged group (8-12) for a one week session, can you recommend ay fun drills that will help with confidence, team building and game play?Thanks

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi James,

There are many fun drills on our website that can be found here -
Search results for 'Games'

These drills are designed to ensure the team has fun, while also working on their skills and team work.

Best of luck!

Football CoachCoach

i am coaching an under 15 team and just started the season and the boys are out of steam already.

We only done a week of pretraining but others seems go on a double speed.

We train now 2 days a week for 1 1/2 hour sessions.

Any advice on to get speed and stamina quickly ?

Ciro

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