Small-Sided Games

Finishing End Zone Game

Reward forward passing and running with the ball

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Finishing End Zone Game is a 18-minute small-sided games drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.

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Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

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Finishing

Duration

18 min

Players

6-18

Pitch size

38 x 28 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing End Zone Game — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 38 x 28 yards

Step 1 of 5Teams score by controlling the ball inside the opposition end zone.

1. Teams score by controlling the ball inside the opposition end zone.
2. The ball must be passed into the zone, not dribbled in.
3. Restart immediately from the conceding team.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the server
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Reward forward passing and running with the ball
-Create a game that works without goals
-Encourage runs beyond the defensive line

Setup

1A pitch with a three-yard end zone at each end in a 38 x 28 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3Balls with the coach, two sets of bibs.

Coaching instructions

1Teams score by controlling the ball inside the opposition end zone.
2The ball must be passed into the zone, not dribbled in.
3Restart immediately from the conceding team.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.