Obj: Kickoffs with intent — possession and territory menus replacing the ceremonial punt-back: the game's most-ignored restart given three designs. Field: Middle third, full width. Equip: Balls, cones, bibs, goals. Org: Three designs installed and called by code: (1) SECURE (the back-pass into the build's set shape — D-13's Base from center circle, our default: the kickoff is possession one, treat it like gold); (2) TERRITORY (the designed clip into the wide-channel chase — used by game-state, 2.12: protecting leads, chaos days, E-28 contexts — with D-22's second-ball structure attached, never a hopeful punt); (3) AMBUSH (the rehearsed direct pattern at their unset shape — the third-kick surprise: quick wide, early cross at the unorganized box, used once a match maximum; scarcity is its power). Both kickoff phases drilled: receiving kickoffs too (our press's shape at THEIR kickoff — the game's first trigger, E-11 from second zero). CP: (1) The kickoff is a possession, not a ritual (Secure's framing — the punt-back donates the game's first gold); (2) Territory has an address and an army (2.2.4's long-ball law applies at minute zero); (3) Ambush lives on scarcity and speed (rehearsed weekly, used rarely — the unspent weapon). Prog: Scenario framing (which design, which minute, which scoreline — game-state literacy); opponent kickoff scouting (their designs read, our first press planned, 8.6). Reg: Secure only; walk-through installs. Mist: P: Ambush overused into predictability; C: never coaching kickoff defense (the first press is a free statement — make it). Time: 8 min biweekly. Out: Three designs coded; kickoff possession retained; first-press identity visible from second zero. Var: Second-half re-designs (adjustments as the game's data arrives — 8.4's halftime products applied). Diag: Center circle with three coded arrows: Secure's back-pass into the build shape, Territory's clip to a structured wide chase, Ambush's quick-wide-early-cross chain, plus the receiving press's shape inset.
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The 3-point rule: pick your three coaching points before the session and be ready to answer for them (Manual 5.4).