2 teams play a 4v4 game with 4 goals. Big cones are set all over the playing field and are set to be mines that the players need to avoid colliding with. PROGRESSION 1 Aim of the game is for the teams to score to the two goals available but at the same time avoid the mines. The player who knocks down a mine has to go to the skill zone for 30 seconds and perform a ball mastery drill. PROGRESSION 2 Same sequence but this time the players are given the mines to place in the field to make it more difficult for the other team to score.
Accuracy on the pass Accuracy on receiving the ball Width Field awareness
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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