Equipment Required: Yellow cones plus 6 Red Cones 4 Pink Bibs, 4 Yellow Bibs 1 Ball Setup 2 grids across the middle third of the pitch using yellows cones. Within 2 sides create 3 mini goals with Red Cones. 4 player per team. Select one team as defenders and one team as attackers. Defenders are to defend 2 goals within one side. Attackers to pass the ball to each player within their team before attempting to try and score a goal within any of the 2 defenders goals. Defenders are to close the attackers down and clear ball. Defenders can try to score a goal within the remaining single goal. Change Defenders and Attackers.
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