A fun small area game that focuses on transition play
Set up
Put your players into 2 teams, and create a small playing area. The teams will line up on opposite sidelines, coach throws a live ground ball in. 3 Players from each team go try to win the groundball. The team that wins, goes right to the goal they are attacking and play until goal/save/turnover. New ball comes in and the team on defense now attacks the other goal, until dead ball. Coach will give the original winning team 1 extra offensive rep, and they will transition and go try to score
Coaching Points & Principles
- Groundballs – Players should work on ground ball battles, boxing out and helping other teammates get the ball
- Transition – We want to play fast and try to get scoring opportunities in transition
- Defensive pressure – defense should pressure the ball and force the offense to move the ball
