1. Players dribble around using all parts of the foot. 2. Stopping the ball under the ball of the foot, lean down and pick up color appointed cone. 3. Move to the next cone and repeat. 4. First team to pick up all cones is the winning team
1. Head up when dribbling. 2. Make sure to keep the ball under close control, using inside/outside/ball of foot. 3. Only pick up own color, be aware of surroundings
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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