Game Based Approach
You should always try and involve kids in a "game" as they will always
want to play a "match". Traditionally a 6 vs 6 game will end up with everyone in a pack with the tallest players standing at the front. This usually
looks like a game of badminton with every player trying to hit the ball
over straight away.
The best way to avoid this scenario is to bring everything down to minigames or 2v2 / 3v3 situations.
As a coach your main should be to ensure that every student gets as many
contacts with the ball as multiple studies have shown that the more contacts a child gets the better their progression.
One way to divide your court is to play on half a court each.
You can use some sort of markers to divide the courts or even some long
thick white ribbon stretched length ways and tied to a stable object. This
provides a bit more of a separated environment and the students will try
to keep the ball within these boundaries.
Eventually a 2v2 situation will get stale and there are a wide variety of
methods you can use to add variety to games or matches that the students want to play.
Have a look at some of our other coaching resources to help develop
and enhance your coaching sessions!