"This is my U9s
favourite game to play at end of football practice. It is definitely a "warm
down" type of activity but the kids love it and whenever I announce we are
going to do it they cheer. Strange because it is basically a line drill
and uses elimination which are two things I try to avoid... but the kids
love it so that is what matters most."
Set up
Work with a normal sized goal and penalty
area (marked by lines or cones);
Two teams (X and Y) line up by cones,
(shown as small triangles in the diagram above);
Two goalkeepers
are chosen, one from each team.
Procedure
Player from team Y dribbles and has a
shot on goal from beyond the penalty area (marked by cones);
The player then moves towards coach C1
who passes a ball for a one-time shot on goal;
The player then
moves towards coach C2 who serves a ball for the player to head towards
the goal.
Rules
If you...
score 0 goals,
wait on the end of the line to be freed (see 3 and 4, below);
score 1 goal
and stay in the game;
score two
goals and free up a team mate who is waiting on the end line;