Set Up:
Create two, three, or four bases (nests). The coach places all the soccer balls into the middle of the field (the golden nest). The soccer balls have turned into "GOLOEN EGGS" that the players have to save. The balls (eggs) are then taken back to the nests. On the coach’s command, the players run to the middle to save the balls. The players then dribble the ball to that base. Once all balls are taken from the middle, the teams can steal for each base.
Coaching Points:
-Feet only, no hands.
Players Required:
8-12
Eggs in the Basket. Use discs or a pop-up goal to define a “basket” at each corner of the grid. This activity requires as many balls as possible (the more balls the better). Spread the balls around the grid. Divide the players into four teams and place each team at their own basket. Upon “Go,” the object is for the players to collect as many balls (eggs) as possible and dribble them into their own basket as quickly as possible. No one is to take a ball away from a teammate. Once a ball is in a basket it cannot be removed. Option: Players may challenge for the ball legally. (Also see “Egg Hunt” as a possible precursor.)