3-on-3-on-3

Focus

Skills under pressure, Defensive, Contested ball, Hard Running, Decision Making, Run & Carry.

Skills

GoalKicking, Handballing, Kick Short, Tackle, Shepherd, Crumb.

Purpose

Second, third and fourth efforts must be made by players when the ball is in their area. These efforts can be chasing, tackling, running to provide a handball option or applying a shepherd. This drill requires players maintain an enormous workrate to run to defend, then run forward to score, as scoring is difficult.

Players

18⁺

Ages

15⁺

Balls

Cones

Distance (max)

90m

Opp. tops

Visible opposition strip: 6

Setup
Choose 3 teams of 3 players, give teams the same (or close) coloured tops, and allocate them one of the sets of cones 2m apart as their goal. First 9 players stand anywhere inside the triangle.
Step 1
Coach kicks the ball to a contest in the triangle. Each team of three is competing against the other 6 players, trying to kick or handball through their goal.

Normal football rules apply, if a mark is taken, nobody can tackle

Teams without the ball defend by tackling and blocking attacking players and covering their goal
Step 2
The team with possession moves the ball forward with running handball, or kicking to a lead. If within range of their goal, they take a shot.

A goal can be scored by a handball.

If the shot misses, play continues.

To count as a goal, the ball must travel through the cones from inside the triangle, not from behind the cones
Step 3
The exercise continues until one of the teams scores a goal, then rotate the 9 players.

Coach needs to ball up in case of a scrimmage.

Assistant coaches stand behind cones as goal umpires