
Left out warm up. 8 pairs, 1 of each pair to stand on the cones. other player in pair to kneel facing the right. 7 balls in the middle. Playes on the outside to crawl/commando clockwise. coach shouts attach outside players to get back to the start(their pair) crawl through other pairs legs and retrive ball passing to pair. last one without a ball is out.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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