The ball is thrown in by a coach (the white player), then a coach calls two numbers one for either team (eg "2blues, 3 reds"), that amount of players run into the pitch hitting the post of their goal before racing to the ball, the game is then player out until a goal is scored or the ball goes out of play.
Teaces to be first to the ball and how to deal with an overload in a game situation. also teaches to work with your team to make space.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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