Two equal sized grids. 2 teams. Give each player a unique number on each team (team orange 1,2,3,4,5 team blue 1,2,3,4,5). Each team must play monkey in the middle inside their grid, coach calls out a number, the player with that number must run to the other grid to defend as monkey. If defense takes ball, keep until offense steals it back. 5 pts per steal. 5 consecutive passes worth 5pts. Variation, send two players for defense at a time.
quality of passes, movement, mobility. defensive effort.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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