Start off without ball, have players go run and bring back cones. One cone at a time. See who can get as most cones.... Progression, add ball: Now each player needs to dribble their ball to a cone and bring that cone back. Same as before, but now with a ball.
This is a warm up... Keep them engaged in getting as many cones as possible.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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