Activity 1 - Hitting exercise
The purpose is to get the ball past the opposition. Every time the ball hits a foam divider it is a point.
Activity 2 - 3v2 attacking from right
Purpose is for attackers to score a goal. If defenders get an attacker isolated in the yellow box for longer than 3 seconds they get a point.
Starts with defenders passing ball to attackers.
Activity 3 - Positional Awareness
Use throw down lines instead of cones. A two by two square pitch with two end zones at each end. A 3v3 in the central 2x2 square where only one player from each team is allowed in a square. In the end zone there are two attackers vs one defender and two goals in each corner. Dribbling the ball through a goal under control gets a point.
Activity 4
Same as Activity 2 but attacking from the left.
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