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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- 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