Drills / Team practice
Four-goal game
Each team attacks two goals on the far corners. When one goal is crowded, switch the play to the other.
- Players
- 6 to 10 (3v3 to 5v5)
- Space
- 30 × 20 m
- Kit
- 4 small goals or cone gates, bibs, balls
- Time
- 15 minutes
- Age
- Under-8s and older
Set up
- A 30 × 20 m pitch with a small goal (or 2 m cone gate) in each corner.
- Each team defends two goals and attacks two.
How it works
- Play a normal game. Score in either of the two goals you attack.
- Restart from your own end line after a goal.
- Four-minute games, short breaks for water.
What to work on
- Look up. If the defenders crowd one goal, the other one is open.
- Spread out wide, so you can switch the ball quickly.
- Defenders: move across together as the ball moves.
Easier
Make the goals bigger. Add a neutral player who plays for whoever has the ball.
Harder
A goal only counts after three passes.
Planning a whole session? The session planner builds one around this kind of practice.
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