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- Set up
Set up an area of 40x30 yards. You need balls, bibs, cones and a normal goal plus four target goals on the corners of the area. You need to place two balls behind each goal. We’ve used 12 players.
- How to play it
Use two teams of six, including keepers. Number the outfield players in each team from one to five. Play a normal 5v5 game with this twist: the coach calls out the colour of one of the teams (“RED”) then a number (“ONE”) and the red number one runs to get a ball from behind one of the goals and attacks the corner goals at the opposite end of the pitch.
His opposite ‘number one’ must defend against him. The rest carry on a normal 4v4 game. If the defending number one wins the ball, he can attack the other corner goals. Once the ball is dead they rejoin the main game.
- Technique
The nominated players are on their own in this 1v1 and must avoid the main game that is going on around them. Good for technique and for concentration.
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