
Large set of balls in a coned off area, overloaded ATT's to DFD's. On start ATT's have to take a ball from area and combine to score a goal. On scoring or ball becoming dead they need to go back to area and take another ball and go again. If DFD's intercept or ball goes dead then ball goes back in the area. After 2 mins teams swap. at end team with most balls in the net wins.
prog - add goalkeeper prog - up player count 3v2, 4v3 prog - 3 passes before shoot
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