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Straight lines, sharp direction changes

Hi, i have a team of adults, males and females who need to learn sharp angles and a sharp change of direction. what are a couple of good drills for teaching that. one without the ball and one with would be excellent thank you

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hello Vicki,

the easiest way to look for drills on Sportplan is by using the Search Bar (found in the top right corner of the page).

Here's our search results for drills with a "Change of direction".

All the best,
The Sportplan team.

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