The game is set up with the player in the middle of the grid, surrounded by 4 different coloured mini goals. 1 ball is played into the player who receives a shout as to what colour mini goal to aim for. He has 3 touches to pass the ball into the correct mini goal and return to the middle. 2 feeders pass the footballs from different areas testing the players awareness, touch and passing ability. In 3 rounds, the player must score as much points as he can from 8 balls per round at one goal per point.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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