Start off with a practice go each, weaving in and out of the cones each time, reannacting dropping a shoulder in football, run round the lone cone, run to the ball and shoot. Progression one - Add a goalkeeper to make it harder to score Progression two - Add one defender from each team to each side. Progression 3, make it into a competition, whoever scores the most goals after everyone has had a go.
Simple, fun, competitive drill. Be loud, give a demonstration. Make sure teams are fair, (Get people to find a partner then lable eachother one and two and split them up. two's in one team one's in the other.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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