Small pitch with no shooting circle.
Game played 3 v 3 with or without GK.
Goals can only be scored by deflected shots.
Shots deflected from GK count.
Looking for space and making the goal wider.
Timing the run and working together to pull GK out of position.
Bring GK in to passing moves to create an overlap
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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