Red team - set up as 1-2-3-1-1 they must attempt to score as normal.
Instructions to red team - If red team win ball in final third and score goal as a result it counts as 3 goals
If red team win ball back in middle third and score as a result, it counts as 2 goals.
If red team win ball in own defensive third, it counts as one goal.
Blue team - set up as 1-4-3-1 they must attempt to score as normal.
Instructions to blue team - If they build from the back and their attack starts in the defensive third, a goal counts as 3.
If they play through the middle or their attack starts from the middle third, their goal counts as 2.
If a goal started as a result of winning the ball in the final third it counts as one goal.
Neither team are aware of how the other team are scoring points, but will be told the score through out the game.
If players havent worked out how the scoring process works without being told, make them aware later in the game, and see if it changes how they play. Game management - similar to how they may have to make decisions as to how and when to press in a game.
All players can move freely in all three zones, but must set up as designated formation.
Encourage red team to press higher up the park when blue back four get on ball.
Encourage blue team to build from the back.
Pressing together as a team.
Creating angles to receive the ball.
Risk taking?
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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