Start with player at orange cone. Player will pass ball to P2 at black cone who comes forward to collect the ball and with a single touch goes around the red cone (defender) and makes a pass to player at green cone. After each pass players follow the ball to next cone. For progression player at green cone will pass between the blue cones. Player at blue cones must come off cone, touch white cone and come back behind blue cones to collect the ball (like a show and go) and one touch to player at orange cone.
Get players to think about how many different ways they can touch the ball to achieve the same outcome. Get players receiving the ball to call and then move into space. Passers to think about passing to side to allow quick movement past defender (cone).
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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