STATION 1 Players perform ball mastery movements while rotating. On the same time they have to call out the color of the bib placed on the pitch right infront of them. SHUFFLE, RIGHT-LEFT SLAP, ROLL IN-OUT STATION 2 Players in front of the coach. According to the coaches signal players move either left, right, front or backwards. BLUE MARK- BACKWARDS YELLOW MARK- FRONT WHITE MARK- LEFT HAND SIGNAL - RIGHT STATION 3 Players in front of the coach. PROGRESSION 1 Coach throws a ball at a player and at the same time calls HEAD or CATCH. If the player does not follow the direction of the coach he has to perform a lap around his teammates. PROGRESSION 2 Players each one with a ball perform ball mastery movements. At the same time they have to follow the HEAD or CATCH call of the coach.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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