Small-Sided Games
2v2 Rapid Tournament
Maximise touches and duels per player
Small-Sided Games
Dribbling
Defending
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2v2 Rapid Tournament is a 20-minute small-sided games drill for 4-20 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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Youth Friendly
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Goals Needed
Fun Game
Duels
High Intensity
Duration
20 min
Players
4-20
Pitch size
20 x 15 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
2v2 Rapid Tournament — 2v2 small-sided game · 20 x 15 yards
Step 1 of 3Two minute games, winners move up a pitch, losers move down.
- 1. Two minute games, winners move up a pitch, losers move down.
- 2. Ball out means a new one from the coach immediately.
- 3. Eight rounds then crown the top pair.
- Cones mark the area
- Mini goals at each end
- Ball
- Blue v dark — score in the opposite goal
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Maximise touches and duels per player
- -Combine and defend as a pair
- -Compete in short, intense games
Setup
- 1Two or three small pitches side by side with mini goals.
- 2Pairs assigned to each pitch with a ball.
- 3League table on a whiteboard or in the coach's notes.
Coaching instructions
- 1Two minute games, winners move up a pitch, losers move down.
- 2Ball out means a new one from the coach immediately.
- 3Eight rounds then crown the top pair.
Coaching points
- -One presses, one covers when defending
- -Create an angle for your partner instantly
- -Shoot early when the goal is open
- -Recover quickly after every transition
Common mistakes
- -Both players chasing the ball
- -Standing behind the ball with no angle
- -Slow restarts wasting playing time