Starting in the black cones, the player dribbles in a figure of eight, before moving on to the white and blue cones. Once this is done they then reverse the process until they are back in the middle. This is a timed exercise.
This is a good exercise to get started as it immediately gets the player with a ball at their feet and gets their heart-rate up.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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