Corner Goals: 3v3 Defending Two Goals

3v3 games where each team defends two small goals in the corners of its own end and attacks the opponent's two. It forces heads up, switching play, and attacking the less-defended goal.

How to play

1. Explain: courts about twenty by twelve meters with a cone goal in each corner. Each team defends the two at its end (3 min).
2. Free 3v3: a goal counts if the ball crosses the goal line low, dribbled or push-passed (6 min).
3. New rule: a goal counts double if, before the shot, the ball was passed from one side of the court to the other (6 min).
4. Rotate opponents between courts with the same rule (6 min).
5. Mix up teams and debrief: how do three players defend two goals? (4 min).

Rules

• No goalies: nobody stands in front of a goal for more than three seconds.
• Play the ball only; never touch an opponent's stick.
• Sticks always stay below the waist.
• Sideline restarts are low passes with opponents two meters away.

Variations

Adaptations

• Wheelchair users: their team has an extra field player, and they get a protected passing zone next to one corner.
• Students with asthma or lower fitness: more frequent subs with a partner.
• Shy students: start as the neutral player, with no pressure to score or defend.

Learning goals

• Attack the less-defended goal.
• Switch play with passes.
• Coordinate defense among three teammates.

Equipment for a class of 25

• floorball sticks: 30
• floorball balls: 6
• cones: 32
• pinnies: 15

Teacher tip

If you don't have sticks for everyone, this game works just as well with brooms and tennis balls. The typical mistake is all three defending the same goal: stop play and ask where the gap is.

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