Place some rebound blocks around the D facing the goal.
The Player in the middle has to start by passing the ball into any rebound block and receive the returning ball and shoot at goal if the ball comes back out of the goal the player should repeat the practice with the same ball if the ball stays in the goal they should take the next ball from the penalty spot and repeat the practice of pass and scoring the rebound.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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