Conditioned game where a small pitch is divided in to two. When the ball is in one half of the pitch, all the players must enter that half of the pitch. Standard game rules apply - shoot to score. The objective is for the defending team to win the ball back and pass over the half way line for another member of the team to run on to and score. Players cannot dribble the ball over the half way line. Players must pass the ball from their own half and it can be touched again by another player in the other half.
Attacking to defending transitions Defence splitting passes Creating Chances
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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