Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): CDP Fun Games

Knots & Crosses

Large square divided into 9 small squares

x2 players or teams

start position, players return to, before another cone/bib can be taken to the squares.

• Player can only travel and place one cone/bib down at a time 
• Only 1 cone/bib per zone 
• Players can't move any other players cone/bib 
• Must return to collection point to collect another cone/bib
• Get 3 in a line to win the game
• Once all cone/bibs are laid down, player can move only their cone/bib to another square, then return to start zone before being able to move another.

Teams x2/3 players

Varied starting positions

Dribbling

Rule Variation - teams can tactical remove a bib/cone from a position. (if a bib or cone lands on another teams both bibs are cancelled out)

Tag Corner

Set Up 

Square 10x10, 15x15, (no larger than  15x15)

x3 Defenders & 1 Attacker 

4 cones/poles on corners 

Rules 

• Attack to reach into a corner and touch a cone/pole before being tagged
• Defenders try to tag and prevent attacking player reaching the corners and touching the cone
• Defenders can't cut across the square and can only move around the edges. 
• Defenders can't pass each other. 

• If a defender tags a corner, that corner can no longer be used again until and other cone/corner has been tagged, opening it up.  (if corner has been tagged defenders can't wait by/on top of the remaining 3 corners.
• Dribbling (all players working ball control)

Breaking out dribbling

Set Up

• x3 Defenders x1 Attacker
• area with 4 gates laid out with cones/floor mats 
• 1 ball (more if with high level group

Rules

• To start attacker must start facing the middle of the 3 defenders and take a touch forward to start 
• Attacker must attempt to dribble through a gate.
• Attacker can attack any gate at any stage and can return to their challenge free zone at anytime to recover.
• Defenders defend gates running round the outer attacking zone (shaded area)
• Defenders must stay in outer areas and can't enter into the attackers ball mastery zone
• Defenders can't cut across each other
• Defenders must stay on their feet. 

Variations