Drills / Team practice

Four-goal game

Each team attacks two goals on the far corners. When one goal is crowded, switch the play to the other.

Players
6 to 10 (3v3 to 5v5)
Space
30 × 20 m
Kit
4 small goals or cone gates, bibs, balls
Time
15 minutes
Age
Under-8s and older
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  • Pass
  • Run
  • Dribble

Set up

  • A 30 × 20 m pitch with a small goal (or 2 m cone gate) in each corner.
  • Each team defends two goals and attacks two.

How it works

  1. Play a normal game. Score in either of the two goals you attack.
  2. Restart from your own end line after a goal.
  3. Four-minute games, short breaks for water.

What to work on

  • Look up. If the defenders crowd one goal, the other one is open.
  • Spread out wide, so you can switch the ball quickly.
  • Defenders: move across together as the ball moves.

Easier

Make the goals bigger. Add a neutral player who plays for whoever has the ball.

Harder

A goal only counts after three passes.

Planning a whole session? The session planner builds one around this kind of practice.

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