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Transition

Transition Game — Win It, Go

Two teams

Theme

Transition

Duration

20 min

Players (min–rec–max)

11–11–11

Equipment

cones, bibs, balls

Set-up

Two teams. When a team wins the ball they have five seconds to get an attacker beyond halfway before the ball can go forward. Forces immediate transition thinking rather than resetting after every turnover.

Coaching points

  • First thought on winning the ball: can we go forward now?
  • Kason Mentzer — your pace is the weapon in transition; make the run the moment we win it
  • Don't overload the transition drill with instruction; let them find it

Progressions

  • Reduce the forward transition window to three seconds
  • Add a neutral player who always plays with the team in possession