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Practice games

137 games for coaches at training and 109 for families at home, in 10 themes. Most come with a diagram and a video.

137for coaches109at home10themes

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Virgil van Goat holding a football

The themes

Moving WellRunning, jumping, balancing, stopping and starting. The body before the ball.15 for coaches 11 for homeMe and My BallLots of touches, both feet, keeping the ball close.21 for coaches 41 for homeBrave 1v1Taking a player on, and going again when it doesn't come off.24 for coaches 18 for homePass, Receive, Heads UpStop it, move it on, and look up before the ball arrives.29 for coaches 19 for homeShooting and ScoringStriking a ball, picking a corner, having a go.17 for coaches 18 for homeWin It, Keep It, ScoreWinning the ball back, keeping it as a team, and finishing the move.27 for coaches 6 for homeEveryone's a KeeperCatching, diving, rolling and throwing. Everyone who'd like a go gets a turn in goal.8 for coaches 5 for homeOff the BallMoving to help: getting free, supporting, closing down together. Most of a match is played without the ball.18 for coaches 7 for homeColts Street FootballSmall games, made-up rules, jumpers for goalposts. Football for the love of it.12 for coaches 7 for homeSet PiecesThrow-ins where one comes short and one spins in behind, and corners played as passes that end in a shot.3 for coaches 1 for home

Three threads in every game

Colts Habits

Work hard, be brave, lift each other, in every game.

Both Feet

The practice foot gets a go in every game.

Heads Up

Look up before the ball arrives.

How to read the diagrams
Team ATeam BCCoachGGrown-up (at home)YLYoung leader (always with a coach)Free player: plays for whichever team has the ballTeam C, when there are threeBallCone (two make a gate)Flat discHoopGoalHousehold item, labelled1Step: the order it happensRunDribblePassShotThrow, by hand

Games marked "From the Irish FA Grassroots Resource Booklet" are the Irish FA's, used with their permission, with the small changes that keep them the Colts way: everyone stays in the game, everyone's busy, and children only count their own score.

Every game, A to Z