4 corner boxes with 3 players in each box. Players have a ball each. Markers set up in middle area for players to dribble through. Players number themselves 1-3 in box. Players dribble with the ball in their own box. Coach shouts out number from box. Players look up and pass ball to the opposite box and the player with the same number (watch passes donât collide). When players receive the ball the take a good first touch and dribble the ball to the box diagonal to them through the cone in the middle. Can Also add: Change box colour bib moves from one box to the other. All players change box (moving with ball or leaving ball Player change ball
Decide early controlling surface Relax body Good first touch out of body in direction of where you want to go. Head up Lots of touches, good close control /direction Change of pac
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This practice has no progressions
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