Them Us Ball Scanning

Setup

Three cones marked A, B and C with a ball at each, plus attackers and defenders in a channel. Six to ten players.

How to run it

1. Someone calls go plus a cone letter, and the attackers move to it while discussing which way they will attack on the way, with the last attackers scanning for second-line support space.
2. Defenders fill accordingly.
3. The scanning order is fixed and you say it in your head continuously: look at THEM, look at US, know where the BALL is.
4. In the multi-phase version, every player must call out loud the name of the opponent opposite them and the team-mate inside them, and count the outside players, before each phase.
5. Freeze the play at random moments and question each other - where are your team-mates, where is the ball, what is your next decision.