Moving Goals

1. Mark an area about 25 by 25 metres for eighteen players, smaller with fewer.
2. A third of the group are scorers, each with a ball. The rest pair up, and each pair holds a bib stretched between them by its two ends: that pair is a goal.
3. Scorers dribble around and score by passing or shooting the ball between a pair, under the bib, from either side. Then they collect their ball and look for the next goal.
4. The goals keep moving all the time, walking or jogging, and may turn so they are hard to hit, but they never touch the ball.
5. Play rounds of about 2 minutes, then a new third become scorers, so after three rounds everyone has scored and been a goal. Each scorer counts their own goals and tries to beat that number on their next turn.

The target moves, so the scorer reads two things at once: which goal is facing me, and where will it be when the ball gets there? A goal walking across in front of you needs the pass played to where it is going, not where it is. A near goal turning away is gone; a far one turning towards you may be the better bet. Every time the ball goes through, the scorer has to look up again, find the next open goal and decide whether to dribble closer or pass from here. The pairs have a problem of their own: joined by a bib, they have to move together, spot which scorer is lining them up and turn away in time, without letting go.