- Check the space and the kit.
- Get your child's attention first.
- Show it from two sides.
- Say one thing only.
- End on one that works.
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Is the space marked?
- A start line
- A wall target
- Two-cone gates
- A 20 by 20 yard grid
A pitch divided into zones; bibs; goals.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Mark the pitch into three strips lengthways: two wide channels and a middle.
- Put 2 v 2 or 3 v 3 in each part; one floating player in a bib.
- Walk through a switch of play: the ball goes from one wide channel, through the middle, to the other wide channel.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Small-sided games in zones (2 v 2 and 3 v 3).
- A floating player who joins the attack.
- Switches of play from one side to the other.
How much: 2 games of 8 minutes
Spread out
Switch and score
The rules
A zone game where a goal after a switch of play counts double.
- Players stay in their own zone; only the floating player may move between zones
- Kick off from the middle
- A goal scored after the ball has been in both wide channels in the same attack counts double
- Two halves of 8 minutes
Fair play: A stronger team plays without the floating player.
- Points
- 1 goal for a normal goal; 2 goals after a switch of play.
- Fouls
- A free kick to the other team: a player leaving their zone; a foul tackle, a push or a hand ball; the floating player scoring
- Win
- More goals after two halves.
- 1
- 3
- 5
The team uses the whole width in 5 of 10 attacks.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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