Organisation
Diagram 1. Set-Up Arrangement
Set-Up
- Mark out a grid is 50 x 50yrds, depending on age and ability of players.
- Play 7 v 7 or half a pitch with five to eight goals 4-5 yds apart.
- 2 teams compete to try and score goals in the gates by passing through the gate to a team-mate.
- Floaters can be added to help keep possession if the players are struggling to hold the ball.
Scoring
- Score by playing the ball through any goal and regaining possession.
- Players can't score through the same goal straight twice (players must go to another goal first).
Coaching Points
- Good support for the player with the ball, move to support him/her.
- Angles of support.
- Short-Short-Long concept.
- Spread out on attack.
- Switching Play.
Progressions
- Prepare players for a game by increasing core body temperature.
- Active warm up stretches to prepare muscles for activity.
- Develop a players dribbling ability and control.
Variations
- This drill can also be used as a defensive practice. Players are asked to man mark.
- If their player scores that player has to do 20 push-ups or run around the field and his/her team continues a player down until they are finished and then they can rejoin.
- Players have to dribble the ball through the gates.
Age: 12-Adlt
Intensity: Low
Time: 30 mins
Positions: 2,3,4,5,6
Players: 8+ (10)
Area: 50x50 yrds