Equipment Needed Footballs Goals Small Cones Set goals back to back in the middle of the playing field, surround goals with small cones creating a wall leaving two open gates across each side for players to dribble in to and try and score. Players repeat until all of the footballs are in the goal.
Remind players not to use their hands when dribbling. Encourage the players not to only look at the football but to look for space and to see where their team mates are. We want to avoid crashing in to each other. Encourage the players to use their left and right foot Progression Coach may add tall blue cones inside the circle for players to avoid when they get in to the circle.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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