Transition (Defense & Attack)
- Start with three teams, and two goal with keepers in them. It can be 4 v 4 v 4, or 5 v 5 v 5, depending on how many players you have. All 3 teams are on the field.
- The coach nominates a team that is on defense, the other two teams match up and become offense and can attack EITHER goal. If a team loses the ball, then they become defenders. The players on defense learn real quickly that they need to cover the goal being attacked quickly, players attacking will make decisions on which is the best goal to attack, and hopefully keep possession of the soccer ball until the right moment.
- There is no offside rule in this game and anytime the ball goes out of play (or a keeper wins the ball) the coach then serves in a new ball.
Teams will learn real quickly that if they want to win in this game, they will have to be the aggressor and not sit back and wait for the ball to come to them. They will also learn to spread out offensively and compress defensively.
Focus on:
- Decision making
- Compact defending
- Controlled Possession
- Communicating
Variation:
- The coach serves a ball in and whichever team gets the ball is on offense and can attack EITHER goal. The other two teams defend. If that team loses the ball, whichever team wins it can also go to either goal. The players learn real quickly that they need to get to goal as quickly as possible because they will not be able to maintain possession for long periods of time since there are twice as many opponents on the defending teams.