All the equipment you need for this drill includes 1 goal and 2 balls. How you set the drill up is you put one ball to left and one to the right of you, then have 2 players in the middle facing each other when the coach says go the attackers goal is to loose the defender and shoot at one of the sides, while the defenders goal is to stay with the attacker and stop them from shooting.
Agility and change of direction are the key skills required to perform this drill can you quickly loose the defender and score.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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