
Creating awareness! Consistently checking shoulders. Checking to the ball and making the smart pass
Coach will call out color with ball and immidiatly call out open spot. Player is to consistently check shoulders to create awareness of who is open and who has ball. Coach will continue to call out colors for 45 secs and switch players.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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