
Setup Two cones 3-5 yds. apart. Two players with a ball How To Play Ball is passed through the gate, Player B takes first touch wide of the gate then plays a return pass with second touch. Player A then takes first touch back towards the gate and plays a return to B, who then takes his first touch the other way. Continue two-touch passing up and down the ladder.
Positive first touch On your toes to receive Head up after first touch
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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