Setup: 30x30 yard grid with two different colours of cones distributed throughout the area. Start: All players have a football and are initially asked to dribble around the area freely. Outside the grid is water with `crocodiles` so players must keep control of the ball and remain within the grid. Progression 1: Red cones are `lions`. Players have to dribble past these obstacles without their ball touching them. Progression 2: Blue cones are `rivers`. Players cannot go straight past them so must turn in the opposite direction. Rules: If a player hits one of the obstacles, they must cross from one side of the jungle to the other as quickly as possible without hitting any targets to come back to life.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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