Why do it?
• To encourage players to recognise
opportunities to play forward/change
direction of play
• To develop techniques on short and
long passing
• To encourage support for players
4 v 2
in possession
How to do it?
short and
• 4 defenders wait in a middle zone with 8
attackers split between two end zones
• Two defenders enter one end zone and
attempt to stop the attackers making
long passing
five passes
• If the attackers make five passes they
try and switch play into the other Don’t just copy it, improve it
end zone
• Only allow a first time pass to
• The other two defenders then move to
switch play
defend in the new zone
• State whether a driven pass or lofted
pass should be used to switch play
• Place another red player in the middle
zone who can receive a ‘one-two’ before
the ball is played to the other end zone

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