9v9 Structured Scrimmage — Shape Emphasis

9v9 on a reduced field with full goals. Play is continuous but coach can freeze the game to fix shape. Focus is on how we want to look in possession and out of it — not the scoreline. Remaining players rotate in every 10 minutes.

• We're not chasing goals today — we're chasing the pattern
• If you're out of position when we freeze, that's the conversation
• Quality of press or quality of build — one or the other, every phase

• Introduce a bounce rule: play must go back to GK once before attacking to reinforce build-up habit
• Remove the freeze — team must self-correct in real time