Use this quick attack-defence-evasion game to improve your players’ awareness and speed. It can easily be developed to include other elements like self-organisation and decision making.
Put four attackers in the middle of the box and four defenders on each corner.
Shout out a colour, and the attackers need to run to that line without being tagged.
The defenders race off their cones to tag a player.
Repeat three times before changing teams over.
NOTES
Don’t swap a player to a defender if they are tagged. Give them all the four chances. Also, note which way they are facing to give them more chance next time.
DEVELOPMENTS
Give every attacker a ball.
If an attacker is tagged, they don’t carry a ball next time.
Play with one ball. The ball can be passed in any direction. When you shout the colour, the ball must be passed by a static player.
Change the square into a rectangle.
Have one of the defenders call out the colour to attack.
Bring in the player from behind the attacking line to split the defence. Use this activity to develop the tactic and then put it into more game-like situations. MORE
Develop attacking skills in a narrow channel with multiple scenarios created by random interventions of support players and defenders. This exercise allows for plenty of invention, creativity and thoughtful defence. MORE
Change angles and running lines while still going forward to push and pull defences out of position. It will create half-breaks and breaks for your players to exploit. MORE
Improve the ball carrier's footwork to attack a gap at pace, drawing a defender and passing to a support player. Also, develop the roles of the support players to put pace onto the pass and change angles quickly. MORE
