2 teams: attackers vs defenders. Defenders can win the right to attack if they can carry or pass over the attackers' backline. Tip-in or deflected goals are worth double. Variation: - Attacking joker
Encourage: Attacking team all retreat behind yellow line when you lose the ball, but When you win it back, one forward goes high into D, others try to hit a long ball into D right from yellow line. This activity is aimed at lower-level/intermediate U13s. Aim: To practice deflected/'tip-in' goals To get the ball into the box quickly and test the keeper Feedback: Can you score from outside the circle? So is there any point âshootingâ toward goal from outside the circle? What might be the benefit of this? (gets the ball into circle fast, score a tip-in) To score a tip-in goal, where does your striker need to go as soon as you win the ball? (into the circle) Should the striker just goal-hang? (no, help win the ball back first)
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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