Players with a ball start off start off in the Blue Square dribbling through the gates. Every time they go through the gate they get a point. Once they have a certain amount of points they can escape the Blue Square and attack a goal that is defended by red players. if they score they get a goal and then return To the box
Add in different challenges and skills for the blue box add a defender into the blue box later focus on beating the man on the outside scanning for space skills - make defender off balanced and exaggerate
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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