Small-Sided Games
6v6 Thirds Conditioned Game
Apply the session topic in a game
Small-Sided Games
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Team Shape
6v6 Thirds Conditioned Game is a 22-minute small-sided games drill for 10-16 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, bibs, cones, full 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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Team Shape
Small-Sided Game
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Intermediate
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Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Match Realism
Team Tactics
Duration
22 min
Players
10-16
Pitch size
50 x 40 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
6v6 Thirds Conditioned Game — 6v6 small-sided game · 50 x 40 yards
Step 1 of 3Free play with one condition linked to the session topic.
- 1. Free play with one condition linked to the session topic.
- 2. Coach freezes the game twice per half for a 30 second picture.
- 3. Two halves of eight minutes with a short break.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goals at each end
- GK = goalkeepers
- Ball
- Blue v dark — score in the opposite goal
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Apply the session topic in a game
- -Keep team shape while attacking and defending
- -Play at match tempo
Setup
- 1Pitch split into thirds with cones.
- 2Full goals and keepers at each end.
- 3Two teams of six in a match shape.
Coaching instructions
- 1Free play with one condition linked to the session topic.
- 2Coach freezes the game twice per half for a 30 second picture.
- 3Two halves of eight minutes with a short break.
Coaching points
- -Shape first, then the ball
- -Support the ball from in front and behind
- -Recover into the defensive third together
- -Play forward when the pass is on
Common mistakes
- -Chasing the ball as a group
- -Sideways passing with no penetration
- -No reaction to losing the ball