The bottom setup goes first.
Part 1: Coach and black players serve balls to strikers. They have three touches to finish. Give them obstacles such as a stationary defender on their back, and give them balls in a variety of ways (tosses, passes on the ground, bouncing ball). Change to a two touch max, even one touch if needed.
Part 2: No middle ball, no black players, no middle white player Through ball sent on a 45 degree angle, alternate sides. Both strikers go to ball to finish, whoever gets there first tries to score, the other tries to take the ball.
Then: Bring in the black players, they become two live defenders. They go when the ball is played and are defenders. whites work together. if they decide to pass, remind them their job is to score.
Then switch roles. Middle white player returns. 2 v 3. Blacks start in the same place but they are strikers. They start running, Pass played through or to striker to barely keep them onside.
Last part: top picture. possession game in the middle. 4v4 but can change based on numbers. Goal is to pass through "net" for neutral colour striker to run on to. and shoot to the big net. Whichever team is defending can send one player to chase the striker. To change possession, the defending team must pass back to the neutral player at the center circle. If not enough players, this part can be left out. make everything an appropriate size, these are not to scale!
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