
Progressive drill from 2v1 to 3v2 in the citcle
Red player passes to other red player in circle Becomes a 2v1 with both red scoring the small goals at top of circle. once ball has gone in to small goals or has gone out then the other 2 blues join the game to make it a 3v2 in the circle with the blue team attacking the big goals
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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