"Get Outta Here" The best game ever
If you are looking for a game that can be used to emphasize a technical skill like passing or to present players with a more tactical focus like solving problems in groups of 2-3 or creating space in the final third, then look no further than GET-OUTTA-HERE.
This game has all the skill elements you need and most of the tactical elements you will need up to 4 v 4. In addition it is a competitive game that always gets your team motivated. Finally, players are forced to communicate both on and off the field to ensure success and if they cannot communicate effectively, their team will lose, so there is a real penalty.
The setup of the game is simple. Break your team into two approximately equal level groups. Assemble them on the sideline on either side of you with all of the balls next to you. Give each team a goal to defend. I usually start out with 2 v 2. Set a time limit of 2-3 minutes for the game and play up to three rounds. The team that wins two out of three rounds is the winner. The setup is below:
Rules are simple: if your team scores, the group that is on the field stays. the team that gets scored on has to "get-outta-here." They are replaced by another group from their team. If the ball goes out of play, then both teams "get-outta-here" and are replaced.
This is where it gets fun. If a group on the sideline goes on at the wrong time, for example if the team that just scored has players from their team step on the field, then the penalty is a goal for the other team and both teams have to replace the group on the field.
As the coach, you restart play with a new ball as quickly as you can. When one team scores and you tell the other team to "get-outta-here," you play the ball to the team entering the field to immediately start a counter-attack. It forces the team that just scored to immediately transition. If they don't do it, then they will give up a goal and be forced to get out. When both team have to "get-outta-here," you can play a 50/50 ball, a pass directly to a player or to a spot on the field that may challenge the players. If we have been working on controlling bouncing balls, I will play in a bouncing ball between players.
I will usually play rounds of 2 v 2, then 3 v 3 and finally 4 v 4. This forces progressively larger groups to communicate and it means that you will have different combinations of players working together. In the example above, I have a team of 10, so when we play 3 v 3, the group on the sideline has to choose one player to stay on the field each time they have to "get-outta-here."
You will find that the pressure of the situation (time limits, "get-outta-here" when the ball goes out, communicating, working with different player combinations) make this game more intense than the regular scrimmage or even the game.
Try it out, tweak it to work for you and use it to make your players better.
This game has all the skill elements you need and most of the tactical elements you will need up to 4 v 4. In addition it is a competitive game that always gets your team motivated. Finally, players are forced to communicate both on and off the field to ensure success and if they cannot communicate effectively, their team will lose, so there is a real penalty.
The setup of the game is simple. Break your team into two approximately equal level groups. Assemble them on the sideline on either side of you with all of the balls next to you. Give each team a goal to defend. I usually start out with 2 v 2. Set a time limit of 2-3 minutes for the game and play up to three rounds. The team that wins two out of three rounds is the winner. The setup is below:
Rules are simple: if your team scores, the group that is on the field stays. the team that gets scored on has to "get-outta-here." They are replaced by another group from their team. If the ball goes out of play, then both teams "get-outta-here" and are replaced.
This is where it gets fun. If a group on the sideline goes on at the wrong time, for example if the team that just scored has players from their team step on the field, then the penalty is a goal for the other team and both teams have to replace the group on the field.
As the coach, you restart play with a new ball as quickly as you can. When one team scores and you tell the other team to "get-outta-here," you play the ball to the team entering the field to immediately start a counter-attack. It forces the team that just scored to immediately transition. If they don't do it, then they will give up a goal and be forced to get out. When both team have to "get-outta-here," you can play a 50/50 ball, a pass directly to a player or to a spot on the field that may challenge the players. If we have been working on controlling bouncing balls, I will play in a bouncing ball between players.
I will usually play rounds of 2 v 2, then 3 v 3 and finally 4 v 4. This forces progressively larger groups to communicate and it means that you will have different combinations of players working together. In the example above, I have a team of 10, so when we play 3 v 3, the group on the sideline has to choose one player to stay on the field each time they have to "get-outta-here."
You will find that the pressure of the situation (time limits, "get-outta-here" when the ball goes out, communicating, working with different player combinations) make this game more intense than the regular scrimmage or even the game.
Try it out, tweak it to work for you and use it to make your players better.
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