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September–October 2019

A sloped, wooded backyard turned into a small-sided pitch

Goals at both ends under the trees, and games with several kids at once.

This yard is uneven, shaded and edged by woodland. The perimeter runs between the trees and a goal sits at each end.

The clips show full games: several children and adults on at once, the ball rebounding off the sides instead of disappearing into the trees.

All footage and photographs are the owner's own, taken across several afternoons that autumn.

3 clips, 30 seconds each

A game under the trees — Thirty seconds of an evening game on the wooded field: adults and children, both goals in play. Silent.
Goal to goal — Play running the length of the sloped yard between the two goals. Silent.
Afternoon in the leaves — Children chasing the ball across the leaf-covered field on a bright afternoon. Silent.

Photographs

From the same yard

  • Wide view of a wooded backyard with a white line marking the field and small goals at each end
    The field marked out between the trees
  • A child standing by a goal inside the netted perimeter of the woodland field
    Waiting on the goal line
  • Adults and children spread across the wooded field with goals at both ends
    Both ends in use
  • A man watching play from behind the perimeter netting of the woodland field
    Watching from behind the net
  • An adult and a child playing beside a goal on the sloped wooded field
    One-v-one at the near goal
  • Four children playing together on the woodland field with a white ball
    Four on at once
  • Children running the length of the wooded field towards the far goal
    Breaking towards goal
  • A group of children standing together by the goal at the end of a game
    End of the game
  • A child in a helmet playing inside the netted woodland field beside a white goal
    Inside the enclosure
  • Two children closing on the ball in front of the goal on the wooded field
    Both after the same ball

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