Groups of 4-6 per station. Passing: 2-touch passing Carrying: Obstacle course Hitting: through a defender Carrying: Rollouts Progression: 1-touch passing, or 2 balls in play One-handed only, or 10sec countdown Reverse slaps 3D into and out of the hoops / reverse rollouts Variations: Station 3: Bulldog. 2 defenders in the middle. Other players each have a ball, and must dribble from one line to the other. Those who are tackled become defenders Baseline game. [3] attackers have to get the ball from one baseline to the other, though [2] defenders.
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This practice has no progressions
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