Big Goal vs Two Gates

1. Mark a pitch about 24 metres long and 18 wide. At one end put a full-size goal for the age group; at the other, two gates of cones 1.5 metres wide, one near each corner.
2. Three against three. The team defending the goal puts one of its three in goal; the gates have no keeper.
3. The goal team scores by shooting into the goal. The gate team scores by passing the ball along the ground through either gate.
4. Whoever scores keeps the ball and starts again from its own end.
5. Play rounds of four minutes, then swap roles and change the keeper.

The gate team has two targets and three defenders in front of them. The player on the ball looks for the gate the defenders have left and decides: pass now, or carry the ball across to drag a defender over and then switch it? The goal team has the opposite problem: one target with a keeper in it, but an extra outfield player, so it has to find the free player and the moment to shoot. Defending the gates, the three decide who presses and who guards the far one.