Start to dribble round the circle (can be a different area) introducing different skills whislt trying to avoiding the other players. Then introduce a `shark` who tries to go into the D and steal the ball, if they do they hit it out of the area. Once that happens the player who lost their ball becomes a shark too, last player with the ball wins.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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