Player 1 dribbles foward and rolls out ( no passes on ) and passes to player 2 , player 2 recieves and passes a ball to player 3 who is leading , player 3 passes to player 4 who has posted up to the ball , player 3 continues running foward and recieves the ball back from player 4 , player 3 makes a baseline run and passes to player 5 who scores the goal.
Player 2 drift on recieve Player 3 & 4 timing of lead Player 5 timing of jumping in front
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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