6v6 Formation

[lessslaw]

I am the coach of girls U8 team that is entering our first tournament. The girls are all pretravel quality ( Our club forms travel teams at U10).
I am planning on using a 2-1-2 formation - looking for feedback.

Also I am planning 2 practices before the tournament - what drills should I focus on?

[Jerzy]

That's the formation I use. There are several formation threads here, you may also find the 2-2-1 works for you, though at the earlier ages working on having your two midfielders provide width may be too much.

And I'm not sure what you want in terms of drills/games etc. What are you doing now that has worked? I don't have anything that makes sense to use with U8s in relation to a specific formation, so I'd continue with whatever you have that works on building aggressiveness, good first touch, and shooting.