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Breakout Game

Play out from your end defender through the middle, then dribble into the end section for a 1v1 and a shot.

Game 22 min 8 to 12 players Half pitch 2016 to 2017

Win It, Keep It, Score Be brave

At a glance

  • 30 by 50 in three sections, a goal at each end, no keepers. Teams of 4 to 6: an end defender (D) and the rest in the middle.
  • Blue's D starts with the ball on the goal line and passes into the middle. Blue attack the top goal.
  • One blue dribbles into the top end section for a 1v1 against yellow's D, then shoots. If yellow win it, they attack the other way.
  • After a goal, the team that conceded restarts with its D. Swap the Ds every 3 minutes.
  • Progress 1: 10 seconds from the first pass to get a shot away.
  • Progress 2: A second blue follows the dribbler in, and a yellow tracks back to help D: 2v2 in the end section.

If it's not working: The first pass into the middle can't be tackled.

Breakout Game: set-upDD1231 D passes in, 2 dribble into the end, 3 shoot.30 m by 50 m
  • blue team
  • yellow team
  • Dend defender
  • dribble
  • pass
  • shot
  • 1in this order

Three sections with a goal at each end: 3v3 in the middle and an end defender (D) in each end section. Blue attack the top goal. Blue's D starts with the ball on the goal line and passes into the middle. A middle blue turns and dribbles into the top end section for a 1v1 against yellow's D, then shoots. Swap the Ds every 3 minutes.

Full details: set up, how to play, tips and age tweaks

Set up

  • Mark a pitch 30 by 50 in 3 sections, an end section 12 m long at each end, with a goal at each end.
  • Two teams of 4 to 6: one end defender (D) in the end section each team defends, and the rest in the middle section. No keepers.

A pitch 30 by 50 in three sections: an end section 12 m long at each end and a middle section 26 m long. Teams of 4 to 6.

How to play

  • Play always starts with a D on the goal line. D passes into the middle, and that team attacks the far goal.
  • Middle players get on the ball. One of them dribbles into the far end section to play a 1v1 against the D there, then shoots. Only the dribbler goes in.
  • If the other team wins the ball in the middle, they attack the other way. After a goal or a miss, the team that defends that goal restarts.
  • Swap the Ds every 3 minutes.

Make it easier

  • The first pass into the middle can't be tackled, so the receiver has time to turn.
  • The end defender starts on the goal line, so the attacker has room to run at them.

Make it harder, step by step

  1. 10 seconds from the first pass to get a shot away.
  2. A second blue follows the dribbler in, and a yellow tracks back to help D: 2v2 in the end section.
  3. Goals can be scored from the middle section.

Three things to say

  • Spread out to make space.
  • Look forward as soon as you get it.
  • Go at the end defender and shoot early.

Colts habit

Be brave: be direct, take the early shot.

Both feet

Break into the end zone with the practice foot.

Heads up

Look forward the moment you receive.

The Colts change: Played as the booklet has it, with an end defender, the rest of the team in the middle, and no keepers.

Safety: Academy keeper safety rules apply.

Keeping score: Goals from a break into the end section.