Skill Intro - Part 2 FIRST TOUCH - Facing Forward 8 red and 8 blue 4 of each in the middle The idea is to find a player of the same colour on the outside of the grid and make an angled run to receive the ball with body facing forward.
âmake an angled run when asking for the ball - both to left ad right. Receive ball with both feet. â try to position yourself in a way that you can see as much of the grid as possibleâ âscan the pitch before receiving the ball and dribble to a new areaâ âoutside players: help the players in the grid by coaching themâ STEP UP - Remove 4 balls - players now make run to receive ball after another player has passed ball to bouncer. Bouncers can only take 1 touch STEP DOWN - Reduce number of players in grid
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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