PRE-SEASON
TRAINING
COACHING CARD
GAME 2
What do I need to set up this exercise?
• Multiple footballs, cones and bibs
How do I execute this exercise?
• Set up three zones
• 3 boxes in zone 1A applicable to 2v2
• One box in zone 1B applicable for 6v6
• One box in zone 2 applicable to 12v12
NOTE: set up is in accordance to your numbers
Divide group accordingly i.e. if have 24 players
• 12 players in zone 1A and 12 in zone 1B
• Teams swap zones once complete set
• All play in zone 2
• When changing between zones ensure time is short. Have it on the
clock "next game throwing in in 30s"
• You can vary how teams move through zones - ie zone 1a and 1b
first then everyone to zone 2, then back to zone 1 and complete the
one you didn't do last time.
Duration:
• Zone 1 a: 60s bouts / 30s Rest
o 4 bouts -6 mins
• Zone 1b: 2.5mins / 30s rest
o 2 bouts
• Zone 2: 6 mins
2v2
2v2
Zone 1 (a & b) Zone 2
6v6 12v12
What are we getting in this game?
• Introduction to contact & agility
• Regular Changing of Space
• Tackling
• Communication
• Game play
• Skills under fatigue
What you might see:
• "opting out" in 12 v 12
• Lack of communication/confusion
• Trouble with decision making
• Fumbles and skill errors
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