
The warm up is playing through the third. It is just a normal game but the striker must dribble thorugh a cone before taking a shoot. The midfielders are looking to play a ball towards the cone so the striker can get through the cone.
Start with one defender and add more so the striker has more work to do. change foot that you shoot with or wear on the foot.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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