Ball control with imagination. Dribble the ball into the scoring zones and turn around and dribble back. Do this as many times as possible in 60 seconds. The defending players are on the floor sitting on there bums and try to tackle from the seated position.
It is a bit of fun to see how the players can adapt to different situations where players are on the floor covering more area than a player stood up.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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