6 Players on the outside of the box will attempt to hold possesion by making one and two touch passes. These players will be able to use three target players inside the grids to help retain possesion. Players will switch with defenders if they lose posession or take more than two touches, or hold the ball more than three seconds
Players will need to release the ball quickly(3 seconds)
Play wall passes to draw defenders and break pressure.
Quick touches and passes.
Find the open men and switch the field
in more ways than one
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Under FutureFit, your Under-9s stay at 5v5, your Under-11s stay at 7v7 and your Under-13s stay at 9v9. Same pitch, same numbers, one more year. Here is how to make sure that year feels like a step forward rather than a repeat.
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