Everyone has a partner (players of the same color in the image are partners). There is one ball between each pair. Players are to pass the ball to their partners, then move and find an empty cone. They want to move quick to avoid the "lava".
There should be more cones than players Make sure the cones aren't too far apart Ensure the players are actually moving and switching cones
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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