Either of the coaches to feed a long ball over the top or along ground to Red #9
Black 2 and 5 need to close the gap between Red 7 and 11
Black 10 needs to close passing lanes off
Modification Coaches play out to wides players and see what happens.
Black 6 and 8 need to work together to block passing lanes to Red 9
Black 3 and 4 need to be free of man marking to cover through balls Keeper needs to be fast off line to cover the box
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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