ATT at end of pitch facing a goal, with a ball Rest of players line up along side of pitch, each has a ball ATT has to dribble/run with ball to goal area and shoot while avoiding "passes" from the other players. After shot all retrieve balls, ATT joins line at goal end and line moves down, player at other end becomes ATT. Variation - Add GK Variation - players on both sides of pitch
To encourage dribbling/running while keeping an eye on what is going on around the pitch
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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