Split your players into two teams, giving one group of players a set of coloured bibs to set them apart, and quickly tell your players the following laws:
Keep the law briefing, brief! Get your players moving as quickly as you can.
Start this game with a rugby league style touch game - when touched a player can set the ball down, standing over the ball, another player moves the ball from the ground; restarting the attack. Make it a two touch turnover game to start with.
Punish every mistake; forward passes, off sides, everything; be harsh. Each mistake results in a turn over.
When the players get going; tell them that every touch will result in a turn over.
On a turn over ball the defence must retreat 10 Meters.
Be harsh; any touch and the attack lose the ball. Any law infringements; and the attack lose the ball.
Referee the defense equally harshly; if they infringe; force them back 10 meters and allow the attack to continue.
Change the laws as you see fit, and let us know the variations that work for you.
Coaching points
Focus on just a few coaching points; the points must be relevant to your session.
Keep the laws simple and get the players going as soon as you can, no standing around and no debates.
This game can be frustrating; encourage players to keep cool and to think under pressure. While mistakes cost, we can’t focus on mistakes. We need to focus on what we can do to avoid mistakes - to influence what will happen next.
Get players to think about how the referee sees the game; are we onside as the referees views the laws. After all; the referee is the sole interrupter of the law.
Can we move the ball away from traffic and into space?
You might ask an assistant coach to keep count of areas of focus e.g. knock on count, forward passes, touches made, balls lost etc. This could be a talking point - setting the tone for the rest of the session.
Communication; encourage players to talk; but also to partake in meaningful communication that directs the game, reading what is happening now and what might happen next. We need to avoid the 'Come on Lads' comments; that means nothing.
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