Scoring Zones

Scrimmage but players soccer by dribbling the ball into their opponent’s zone.

• Set Up

  • Set up a large playing space or multiple fields if you have enough coaches/captains to support

  • Instead of goals at each endline, set up a 15x15 ft. box (scoring zones)

• Equipment

  • Balls

  • Disc cones

• Objective

  Objective is for players to score by dribbling into their opponents scoring zone and stopping the ball.

• Directions

  1. Play a normal soccer game with dribbling into scoring zones instead of scoring on goals- if one team steals the ball they then try to attack their opponent's scoring zone.

• Variations

  • Extend zones to make it harder for defenders

  • Introduce point system for competition

• Coaching Points

  • Encourage defenders to deny time and space

  • Shout-out players who time stealing the ball well

  • Transition into scrimmage by replacing the grids with goals