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Shadow Your Player

12 min · Intermediate · 6+ players · Medium space

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Description

20x25 with two small goals. 3v3, each defender assigned one attacker. Attackers try to score; defenders must stay between their player and the goal. Freeze the game occasionally and ask each defender to point at their player without looking around. (Age fit: U8-U12.)

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Curriculum

Ages
U8-U12
Players
6+
Opposition
Live opposition
Session phase
Practice (teaching)
With a squad of 12
2 groups of 6. Run them side by side.

Trains 2 objectives

  • Get between the ball and our goalU7-U8 · protecting-goal
  • Know where your player isU9-U10 · protecting-goal

Skills

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Defending

Defensive Shape / Unit Pressing