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Small Sided Games

Choose any of the following SSG for your players. Make sure the format fits the ability level and also the comprehension they have of the game. Create multiple games, you can also have a third team at each game station and play a version where the teams switch every 2 or 3 minutes or whenever a goal is scored.

1v1

Straight up 1v1  Set up multiple pitches and play winner stays on with other players rotating in to play.

2v2

2v2 game where players are locked to one side of the pitch for the game. Add a variation of minimum of 1 pass before scoring.

1v1

1v1 to two goals with sideline neutrals. Sometimes it is easier to just play this as 3v1 with two players locked to the sidelines. Switch positions when there is a goal.

1v1

1v1 Player who has the ball must first come out of the middle channel and go into one of the two wide channels before they can score.

2v2/3v3

2v2 or 3v3 depending on your players level of comprehension of space. The condition in this game is that the team with ball can not have two players in the same channel.

2v2/3v3

2v2 or 3v3 depending on your players level of comprehension of space. The condition in this game is that the team with ball can not have two players in the same channel.