1. Get a pair of small goals or PUGGs and lay out a field with the exact dimensions. Practice at least 3 times before you go. Practice 3- touch, and 2-touch only. Practice runs.
2. 1-2 formation with sweeper and 2 forwards.
3. On offense, one forward at corner strongside, one at top of goal. Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, 10-12 yds support. Bunching equals losing.
4. Identify weakest player on other team. Give carte blanche to all your guys to beat off dribble. But better see passing elsewhere.
5. Teach three easy runs. First is scissors run where corner and top of goal forward switch sides. When it works, defenders bump into each other and one guy springs free. Easiest.
Second occurs if ball is won at half way line. Ball played into space at strongside corner, forward runs on. Somewhat easy.
Third is ball into top of box forward who lays off to sweeper running to weakside corner space. Corner forward rotates back to sweeper position. Hardest.
6. Shoot, shoot, shoot -- keep the ball low.
7. In offensive half, always hard to the ball. In defensive half, contain. (See 8)
8. On defense, the name of the game is (a) man mark goalside and (b) contain, contain, contain. With the small field, a missed tackle more often than not means a goal. So better to give up ground while keeping goalside than lunging and leaving a wide open angle. Your opponents have also been told to shoot shoot shoot, so keeping position may lead to a poor shot selection if you're between him and the goal.
