Defender plays the ball into attacker on the sideline who drives hard to try and beat the defender. Awareness of the pitch, on the right wing looking to go round strong, left win looking to cut inside. Get through green cones 2 points, green-yellow cone is 1 point. 2 teams, attackers and defenders, then swap
Starts with quality passing! First touch, drive hard, see if you can go long way round without skill If skill is needed work the space to create an opportunity to attack left foot Always hard carry position with stick on ball, try to avoid going through body space
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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