Stand two payers facing each other at a relatively short distance. Get all the balls to one side. The player with the ball makes the short pass to the player opposite him, and the receiving player control the ball and passes it back to the player opposite
The passes should be made with the inside of the foot. The balls should be controlled too with the inside of the foot.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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