Across the river
Objective – Playing out from the back CAREFULLY
GameFocus/PrinciplesResetProgression
- 5v5, 4v4 etc or even overloads
- Each defending (blue & white) team is looking to get it to the other defending team – across the river
- If the defenders win then they look to score in the goal
- Reds are allowed into either area to attack the ball
- Blues and whites are allowed to put 1 or 2 players into the river to help them get across (only after 5 passes)
Blues/whites
- Switching play
- Possession
- Building through the thirds
Reds
- High press
- Transition
- Pressure on ball and channel
- Stay in the game
- Long corners if over back (encourages jump back if lose ball by blues)
- Sidelines normal
- Play forward faster
- The least passes before you cross the more points
- # of passses before you cross to encourage possession
- 2 touch passes
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