Rolling 2v2

1. Mark a pitch 20 metres wide and 30 metres long with a halfway line and a goal and keeper at each end. Make three pairs.
2. One pair starts with the ball on the halfway line and attacks one goal, 2v2 against the pair defending it. The third pair defends the goal in the other half.
3. When the attack ends with a goal, a save or the ball out, the keeper gives the ball to the pair who defended, and they attack the other half against the third pair. If the defenders win the ball themselves, they go at once, without waiting for the keeper.
4. The pair whose attack has just ended stays in that half and gets ready to defend that goal: the next attack comes at them within seconds.
5. Keep it rolling: attack, defend, attack. Every 4 minutes, two players from the pairs swap with the keepers. With more than eight players, run a second pitch alongside.

In attack, the pair keeps choosing between going alone and combining. The player on the ball takes the defender on when there is room, or draws them in and passes when the partner is free; the partner decides whether to come close for a short pass or run away to stretch the defence. In defence, the pair decides how high to defend: step up and keep the attackers away from shooting distance, or drop and protect the goal, and who presses while the other covers. Then comes the switch. The moment the defenders win the ball they are the attackers, with no pause in between: the quicker they go, the less time the next pair has to step up and close them down.