Passing for 10 minutes. on the floor to the man on the 25, bobble to the man on baseline. Running through cones, once finished run around blue cones and defend the player from scoring. channeling. if attacker scores defender does 10 push ups. Defender must run around cone first. 8th of the pitch game with 2 goals
Accuracy. 1st touch. Leading to the ball. Don't run over cones. Do it properly and dont rush it. Body positioning for defender. Attacker leads one way and goes the other. Make sure the game is spread out.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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