Small-Sided Games

Finishing Three Team Rotation Game

Keep intensity high with short, sharp games

Small-Sided Games

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Finishing 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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Small-Sided Games

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Small-Sided Game

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Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

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Goals Needed

Finishing

Duration

22 min

Players

9-18

Pitch size

36 x 30 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Three Team Rotation Game — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 36 x 30 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. 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

-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 36 x 30 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3Balls beside the resting team, three sets of bibs.

Coaching instructions

1Two teams play a three-minute game while the third rests.
2The winner stays on and the resting team comes in.
3Play a full round-robin and keep a running score.
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.