Attacking

8v8 Scrimmage — Attack vs Defence Focus

Full scrimmage with positional constraints: attacking team scores normally, defending team scores by winning possession and dribbling past a halfway cone within five seconds

Theme

Attacking

Duration

28 min

Players (min–rec–max)

11–11–11

Equipment

balls, cones, pinnies

Set-up

Full scrimmage with positional constraints: attacking team scores normally, defending team scores by winning possession and dribbling past a halfway cone within five seconds. Coach pauses for maximum two coaching moments total — let them play.

Coaching points

Gavin Kochel and Brady Lausch: when you have the ball wide, look inside first before going to the corner
Midfield: third-man runs off the striker's hold-up play — time your movement
If we're disorganised in attack, slow it down; composure over chaos

Progressions

Remove the coach pause entirely — full autonomy
Flip the constraint: defending team gets two points for a clean 8-pass sequence after winning it