FineSoccer Drill 90

Today's featured activity is a four team and four goal game.

This can be used with a minimum of 16 players and while it's great if you have 4 U10 goals, cones can be used if needed.  The dimensions of the field can vary but recently I did it on a 60 x 40 field with a goal centered on each line.  A team is assigned to each goal.  See diagram below

A ball is played into the middle and the teams try to score on any goal EXCEPT the one they are assigned to.  So the objective is to score on any of the three goals without giving up a goal.  When a goal gets scored, all teams rotate to the right and now are responsible for defending a different goal.  Also, each time a goal is scored an additional ball is added onto the field.  After the second goal, there would then be 3 balls on the field.    Never have more than 3 balls on the field at a time.

You can keep score a number of ways.  You can just keep track of goals against or you can do it where a goal counts as 2 points, an assist counts as 1 point and a goal against counts as -2 points.

Another option is to have it where when a goal is scored, the team that scores and the team that is scored upon switch goals and the other two teams stay where they are.

The purpose of this game is to force players to think and always keep themselves balanced defensively.

This is a game that needs to be played a few times for people to get used to but they will have fun from the very beginning and will also learn a great deal about the game of soccer.

Give this a try and let me know what you think on the FineSoccer Forum

Have a great day!

Lawrence