By using a match towards the end of the session, it allows the participants to use their new learned skills in real-game situations, helping them develop them more and help them to learn what situations to use the skill. When playing 7 or 8 players per team, a common and useful thing to do is introduce certain conditions which force the players into adapting their game to suit those conditions, an example of this is having a five pass minimum to ensure the majority of players end up being involved more.
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