3 equal teams; each with their own base area with 3 bean bags inside and a jail in the centre of the area. Players will try to run into the base of another team and take 1 of their bean bags back to their own base. If tagged by an opposing player, the tagged player goes to jail and must perform a skill. Players cannot be tagged whilst inside any base. Play will continue until the coach signals the end of the round; at which the bean bags will be counted to see who had the most and therefore becomes the winner. Progressions: 1. Introduce a ball to dribble throughout the game 2. Allocate a defender to guard their own base who will not have a ball. They can attempt to tackle and tag any players who come to their base
Keep close ball contol Keep head up to sport opportunities of exploiting space Changes of direction to avoid or catch opponents. Perform a dummy to fool an opponent and dribble past them.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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