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Beginning Practises
1v1 – Beginning: Follow the Leader
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A fun warm up activity where players follow their partner around the area, practising sidesteps and changing direction.
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1v1 – Beginning: Beat the Markers
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Get your players confident in 1v1 situations by practising feints, sidesteps and other moves.
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1v1 – Beginning: Warm Up
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Players learn how to change direction and accelerate quickly while running with the ball away from their defender.
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Middle Practices
1v1 – Middle: Back to Back
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A fun game for kids, players line up back to back and attempt to be the first player to score a goal.
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1v1 – Middle: Defenders and Attackers
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For smaller sided football, players change roles between attackers and defenders and to score a goal past the defender.
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1v1 – Middle: King of the Castle
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A fun game for kids, players attempt to knock over the King’s castle by dribbling around them.
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1v1 – Middle: Mini Games
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Players face each other in 1v1 duels.
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1v1 – Middle: Mini Games 2
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Players face each other in 1v1 duels.
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1v1 – Middle: Tricky Goal Lines
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Attackers have two goals to score in with one defender in their way.
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1v1 – Middle: Defenders and Attackers 2
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For teams with goalkeepers, attackers face the defender outside the goal mouth and try to score a goal.
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1v1 – Middle: 1v1 Mini Games
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Players face each other in 1v1 duels.
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1v1 – Middle: 1v1 Relays
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Two teams face each other in a relay, with a twist. Players have to their beat opponent to score a point for their team.
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End Practises
1v1 – End: Line Football
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Players score by running with the ball over the opposition’s end-line.
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1v1 – End: 3 Channels
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The field is divided into three channels with one defender guarding each channel. Beat the defender to get through the gate and score.
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