The pitch will be split width ways with a goal either end, 4 teams of 6 working on a principle of 24 players at training (less keepers as they are with Liz). Each team will take turns of attacking and defending to gain more "realistic" match style scenarios. Each area will have no more than 12 children (2 Adults). The adults in each section will be responsible for their own timings and water breaks.
Swap over criteria: Goal scored or timed out (no more than 10 mins one direction).
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