Player 1 sprints to the side to ask for a short corner and therefore taking the defender with him. Player 3,4 and 5 sprint to the middel of the goal and jump to head the bol and thus distract the defenders and the Goal keeper. Player 6 makes a sprint from outside the 16 to the free spot within the 16 and player 7 sprint and stays at the top of the 16, Player 8 centers the ball to player 6 or player 7 who either take a shot or heads the ball to the goal.
Timing of the run heading the ball to the pitch shoot imidietly do not stop the ball the players 1-5 have to act asof the ball is going to go in the area they are sprinting to
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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