Each team dribles the ball around the cone (following the dotted line), while the defender, defends the player dribbling, preventing the player them from getting the ball back to their teamate. Alternative: - Get rid of defender - Have a race between the teams - Each player dribbles the ball up, around the cone and back to the next player.
Focuses on: - Dribbling - Defending - Change of direction - Control of the ball
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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