Maintaining compactness to prevent forward passes

Four Corner Model

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Set Up & Equipment

  • Defenders look to stay central until the ball travels wide

  • Attackers aim to get the ball into the player furthest forward to gain a point

Set Up:

Depth: 55 yards total

Low zone: 15 yards

Middle zone: 30 yards

High zone: 10 yards

Width: 50 yards total

Wide areas: 2 x 10 yards

Central area: 30 yards

Equipment:

  • Balls

  • Bibs

  • Cones (Flat markers if possible)