Keep Your Yard Clean
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Description
•Create a 5 to 10 yard neutral area where no player may enter.
•For best results, use one ball for each player, but no fewer than one ball for each two players.
•On command each team tries to keep its side free of balls by kicking through the neutral zone to the opposite side.
•Play for a specified period of time.
Variations:
*After players understand the game, try some of these variations:
-must use two touch: One to receive, second to kick ball back
-Can only use inside of foot ‘passing’
-Can only use instep (laces) ‘shooting’
-Must do a soccer move, then kick across.
-Using fewer balls, player must make a pass to a teammate, who then kicks it across.
-As players get better and more powerful, increase the size of the neutral area to promote longer and harder kicks.