
Set tall cones as an obstacle blocking a straight path towards the goal Place spots behind cones Place footballs infront of the goal Players must avoid the sharks and score a goal before dribbling the bean bag or holding the bean bag in their hands & or balance the bean bag on head. Players have to go through the small yellow gate before putting the bean bag on the right colour spot.
Captiviate the players by saying the blue tall cones are sharks or crabs. remind players that they're not allowed the touch the tall cones and have to keep their head up when running through the tall cones Get parents involved Coach will have the stand by goal to take ball out of the goal and place infront of goal again for kids
This practice has no coaching points
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