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Using a warm up to get your players focused - attackers versus defenders

This is a great warm-up you can employ during a session to get your players' minds back in focus. After the two games above they will need a bit of fun to get them back into coaching mode. This warm-up is a skills game with a competitive angle but one that is fun to play.

In a 15m x 15m square put four cones on the corners with a ball on each of them. Put your two teams on either side outside the square. One team are attackers and the other defenders.

They go head to head in the square one player from each side at a time.

The defender must mirror the attacker's movements.

The attacker tries to lose the defender and race to knock a ball off one of the cones. Can the defender react and beat the attacker to the cone?

The defender is allowed to go shoulder to shoulder or use their arms to hold off the attacker but he must not commit a foul. Switch roles for the next attack.

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