2 lines of players, players face forward and wait for the ball to be played in front of them to start the 1 vs 1
- no cheating - reactions to balls ahead - reactions to instructions (i.e white ball / orange ball etc ) - dont stop if you've not got there first (battling)
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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