Coaching objective:
to improve passing and receiving skills,
communication and decision making.
Experience: U9
upwards.
Set-up: split your
players up into equal teams of four, five or six.
Two teams per 40 yards long by 30 yards wide
area, marked out with flat cones.
How to play: the
teams spread out, a ball is given to one team and the
game begins with a free pass, i.e. it cannot be intercepted.
The objective for the team in
possession is to keep the ball away from
the other team and get a point by passing it to a player who can stop
the ball on (or within a few inches of) one of the side or end lines.
The ball cannot be dribbled to
a line, it must be passed.
A team that "scores" keeps
possession and tries to score on a different
line.
Progression:
Points can only be scored on
the two end lines (not the sidelines).
Restrict the number of touches.
Make the pitch bigger or
smaller to decrease/increase the pressure on
the players to make quick decisions.