U8 Challenge of the Week Outdoor
Garbage Can Challenge
Skill Passing: Surface of the foot and ball, Pace and accuracy - Receiving: Body, position, surface of the foot and ball, first touch
Anyone can play — kids, parents, grandparents, whoever is around. Nothing here needs a coach.
Set it up
Set the 2 garbage cans about 3-4 steps apart. Each player chooses a side and starts about 3 steps away from either side of the cans.
How to play
Pass the ball between the cans to your partner. Your partner has up to 3 touches to play the ball back; 1 touch to receive the ball, 1 touch to prepare it & 1 touch to pass it back through. Rotate players into the game if more than 3 participants are playing
Scoring
- 1 point each time you play the ball through the cans
- -1 point for hitting a can or playing outside of the cans
First player to 10 points wins the round
Make it harder or easier
Pick as many as you like.
- 1To make the game more challenging, move back a few steps each round.
- 2Limit the touches the winner of the previous round gets.
- 3Return to a closer distance and try to play 1 touch back and forth. Open the distance
- 4again each round. (kicking the ball in the air could cost points; player's choice)
- 5Move to the side and behind either can when passing to try to bend the ball through the