Rest Defence Main Part I

Pitch: Mark out an area between the penalty area and the halfway line. Four rows of cones running at right angles to the goal divide it into three channels of equal width, and a middle row of cones additionally divides each channel into a section near the goal and a section away from the goal. Play takes place towards a full-size goal.

Equipment: Cones, bibs in two colours, balls, 1 goal.

Players: Two teams of three players each plus one goalkeeper. The three defenders spread out across the three sections near the goal and the three attacking players across the three sections away from the goal, so that in every channel one attacker faces one defender.

• The three attacking players try to score a goal, but they may not leave their respective channel: one stays on the left, one on the right, one in the centre.
• The attackers may not pass the ball into a space in front of them. To get into the next area and into the penalty area they have to dribble.
• The defenders may occupy all zones freely.

Variations:

• Set up a dribbling goal level with the halfway line for transition and counter-attacking play.

Note: Drill idea by Eddie Plickat.