2 teams: attackers vs defenders.
Defenders can win the right to attack if they can carry or pass over the attackers' backline.
Tip-in or deflected goals are worth double.
Variation:
- Attacking joker
Encourage:
This activity is aimed at lower-level/intermediate U13s.
Aim:
Feedback:
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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