Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): THEY/Defending: SSA Spirit 0722 (Start Time: 2019-07-22 08:00:00)

Activation Activity 2v2 Circuit

Play a series of 2v2 games on 4 different shaped fields (see diagram and field rules below). Each field has a coach feeding balls in.

Divide players into pairs. Play 8 x 1 minute games. Each time a ball goes off field, coach plays a new one in. 1 minute rest period between games and losing team gets 5 push ups for every goal differential they lost by (within that minute). After each game rotate the players to a different field and play different opponents.

1 v1- Defending

1st defender plays ball to the other end of the grid where the attacking player is waiting. Play for 3 minutes and then rotate attacking and defending team. Keep score in- dividually only for defenders (so they begin to understand their tendencies) and at end of 3 minute game, calculate defending team score. Key is to get a low score (like golf!).

Scoring:

+2 = Defender wins ball in grid and keeps for 2 seconds;

+1 = Defender forces attacking player to touch ball out of grid;

0 = Defender wins ball and knocks out of grid;

-1 = Attacker dribbles over the defensive end line;

-2 = Attacker passes ball through small 1 yd goal on defensive end line;

-3 = Attacker dribbles through small 1 yd goal on defensive end line.