set up a small pitch with 2 gks and 3 even teams 1 team starts as wall players the other 2 are playing as normal wall players cant be tackled. 1 team can score in any goal the other 2 teams have to keep possession together so its 8 v 4. 4 score goals 8 have to pass 5 times to score progress so 8 have to pass 8 times or more and wall player only have 2 touches change wall players after 5 mins or 5 goals
keep possession play the easy pass pass and move press ball to win it back
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