Set up 20x20 yard area with two pop-up goals on either side of the end line. Form two even teams of 4-6 players. Each team lines upbehind a start cone as indicated. A player for one team begins as a defender. On the coaches command, play begins with an attacker from the other team dribbling out to try to score in one of the two pop-up goals. The defender on the field will close up space and try to prevent the attacker from scoring. Once the player on the ball passes to the net or is dispossessed, the round is over, and the attacker must immediately begin defending as the other team sends on an attacker. Play continues in this manner. Attackers must dribble past the yellow line before they can play the ball into the net.
Defendersshould quickly change their mindset from attacking to defending. Defenders should close down space and look for opportunities to win the ball. Attackers should attack quickly and with purpose to catch the defender off balance and not prepared. Attackers should make quick changes of direction to catch defenders off balance.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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