Small-Sided Games

Continuous Three Team Rotation Game

Keep intensity high with short, sharp games

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Continuous Three Team Rotation Game is a 22-minute small-sided games drill for 9-18 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs, mini goals. 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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Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

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Duration

22 min

Players

9-18

Pitch size

34 x 28 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Continuous Three Team Rotation Game — Marked area · 34 x 28 yards

Step 1 of 5Two teams play a three-minute game while the third rests.

1. Two teams play a three-minute game while the third rests.
2. The winner stays on and the resting team comes in.
3. Play a full round-robin and keep a running score.
4. As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
5. Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.

Cones mark the area
Dashed lines = zones / thirds
Ball
C = coach / server
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Keep intensity high with short, sharp games
-Give every team regular rest and reflection
-Reward teams that keep winning

Setup

1One pitch with a resting team waiting on the side line in a 34 x 28 yards area.
2Load a ball at each starting station so the next rep can begin immediately.
3Balls beside the resting team, three sets of bibs.