
Drill 1 Player A shuffles around cones left to right recieving a ball one at a time from other two players using different returns on coaches call .eg inside volley,top of boot, heading, chest with volley return,thigh with inside boot pass. Drill 2 Player zig zags around cones at speed with last touch a shot on goal but quickly and no stopping to think about the shot. Add a player to the right or left of the last cone to play a 1- 2 with shot
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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