ball moves from left to right for player to recieve and play forward to the player who is posting up and they then shot towards the back post for a goal or deflection from teammate, the deflection player then becomes the post up player and the routine rotates round and round.
- post up run needs to be timed - shot not a pass form top of the D - deflector needs to be brave and get into a position to score not have the ball wizz past them.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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