No Smash Training Begins- Training January 7th

The No Smash Rule will be in effect all training today.  If you have a smash your team will lose one point and the other team will get possession of the ball.

I. 4v4 Possession
15 minutes 

Make It Competitive

+1 point for every 5 passes 

II. Straight Diagonal Keep Away
15 minutes 

Set Up

• Grid is 15x15 or 20x20 depending on the number of players you are using
• Cones are spaced out every 5 yards to create the side line of the grid
• Two teams of 4-6 players

Procedure

• Play keep away in the grid
• After 5 passes you must play a Straight/Diagonal through the gates that surround the grid
• The pass and run must be timed where the runner cannot leave the grid before the pass

Straight Run Diagonal Pass

 Straight Pass Diagonal Run

Variations

• Play directional and give each team an end zone to attack. 
• Add in second grid around the outside where they have to get control of the ball before it goes out of the grid so you are working on the weight of the pass and timing of the run.

III. 3 Grid Possession Game To End Zones
30 minutes 

Set Up

• Field is 30x25 yards divided into three 10x25 yard grids with end zones at each end
• Each team starts with 3 players in their defensive 1/3, 2 players in the middle 1/3, and one player in the attacking grid

Procedure

• The Blue team starts with the ball in their defensive third and attempts to score a point by dribbling into the end zone or passing the ball to a teammate running into the end zone
• Attacking players may move up a grid any time the ball moves up a grid
• Defending players must stay in their grids

Player Movement Variations

• Attacking players may only move up a grid if they pass the ball
• Attacking players may only move up a grid if they are not the one passing the ball
• Players may switch grids if one player checks into a grid while another player runs through into the attacking grid

Variations To The Game

• Once players get the hang of the game, they cannot play a pass back to the grid where the ball came from
• Players may not play a pass into the grid that they are in
• Play that the middle grid is one touch only
• Play Straight Diagonal into the end zone

• Play to Goal

 Change The Starting Numbers In Each Grid To Focus On Different Positions

• Play with 2 or 3 forwards to work on their movement
• Play with 2 defenders- 2 wide players - 1 center mid- 1 fwd to work on on the wide players movement between the grids
• Play with 4 defenders to work on the back 4 movement
• Play with 3 Center mids

IV. 10v10 Scrimmage