9 players divided into 3 groupsgrid 30 x 30 dpending on abilityorange and blue keep possession while yellow tries to win the ball6 v 3 always requires a link player in the centreas soon as an orange or blue player makes a misatke or ball is interception by yellow grid the defenders swap roles with the team of the player that made the mistakeother team starts to defend reduce the size of grid bigger or smaller limit the number of touches 2 -3play in series of 3 - 4 mins
imeadiatley focus on new task quick forward movement quick passingkeep the ball moving scan fieldkeep movingweighted passquick transition
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