Exercises › Play & competition
Diamond Heist: catching game
- 10 min
- 6–12 players
- 5v5
- 7v7
- Technique & Skills
A mini-game from the academy of Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg where the players learn to recognise gaps in a playful way. The players find free spaces, use gaps and organise defensively by shifting together and communicating. The exercise trains feints, changes of direction, coordination and dribbling, and suits ages from about 7. It includes coaching points and adjustments to make it easier or harder, and is a catching game that suits children. See the video for the set-up and measurements. Source: Soccer Training by ADVANCE.FOOTBALL (YouTube).
What the coach should look for
- Find the gaps and use them.
- Feint and change direction.
- Talk to each other when you shift.
- Adjust the difficulty to the age.
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