Ball is played in the middle, middle player recieves the ball and turn and dribble to the opposite player and play a short pass, and the opposite player plays it back like a one-two, middle player dribbles back through the middle towards where the ball started, short pass again and back to middle again, cycle restarts again.
Combination of passing and dribbling what we have learned from last lesson. Emphasis on close control, no long passes, short passes only.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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