5 Players stand along the line The ball is passed left to right and back again until the coach shouts go Once the coach shouts go the ball carrier plus the two closet players sprint out The ball carrier only sprinting to the first set of cones and the support players to the second set of cones The two remaining players become defenders and can only move off of the line once the ball carrier has reached the first set of cones The object is for the attackers to score against two defenders
Running Hands Passing Decision making communication
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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