Wide Channel Three Team Rotation Game

Objective

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

Setup

1. 1One pitch with a resting team waiting on the side line in a 38 x 32 yards area.
2. 2Mark five-yard channels down both touchlines with flat cones.
3. 3Balls beside the resting team, three sets of bibs.

How to play

1. 1Two teams play a three-minute game while the third rests.
2. 2The winner stays on and the resting team comes in.
3. 3Play a full round-robin and keep a running score.
4. 4The practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
5. 5End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.

Progressions

• +Defender allowed into the channel to make it live
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Channel is a free zone with no defender at all
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Switch the ball to the far channel before the end action
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Slow changeovers
• -Resting team switching off completely
• -Everything funnelling into a crowded middle