The tournament

Overview

Use this when working with large groups.

The pitch includes two mini games and a resting skills area. Play with five teams so all players in the squad play.

The game works with each team playing four games and having one rest/skills period.

The teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and nothing for a defeat. The team with the most points on completion of the tournament wins. You should make sure each team is named after a country (England, Spain, Italy, Brazil etc).

Set up

• Pitch one: 30yds x 20yds with a goal at one end including a 5yd end zone
• Pitch two: 25yds x 20yds with two mini goals at one end and one mini goal at the opposite end in a 10yd end zone

See complete set up here

What you get your players to do

The teams work in a clockwise motion in order to attack each target and have a turn in the rest/skills zone.

On pitch 1 – to start, the white team scores by shooting into the goal and past the goalkeeper while the red team scores by dribbling the ball into the white team’s end zone.

On pitch 2 – the yellow team attempts to score by dribbling into the blue team’s end zone and then shoots into the mini goal. The yellow team has to be in the end zone to score. The blue team is trying to score in the two mini goals.

The players in the team in the rest zone have a ball each and practise their ball juggling skills.