"Spread the ball" and "Stop bunching" are two of the most common calls from the sideline. Save your voice for this weekend's game by working on your players' ability to find space with this movement to maintain possession session!
In order to improve your players' ability to find space in which to receive the ball we look at the give and go, getting players to lose their marker and call for the ball when they're in space!
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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