The player on the red cone passes the ball in to the player on the white cone, who controls the ball and drives to the black cone. The first player sprints around the white cone to meet the pass played by the second player (from the black cone), before crossing the ball for player 2 who has continued their run to meet the cross and finish first time.
Practices a range of technical skills, including crossing and finishing.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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