Place a load of footballs at one end of the pitch Opposite these place a series of disc cones about 25 steps away Give each robber (kid) a cone as their base Place 1 kid in the middle as the copper On the coach's command the robbers have to run get a ball and dribble it back to their cone without being tagged by th cop If they get tagged before they get a ball they go back to the cone and start again If they get tagged with a ball, they put the ball back then start again from their cone
small touches to keep the ball close head up to look out for the cop
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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