Set up several small areas using cones or similar. Ball pile with fewer balls than players. Player must carry the ball into one of the marked areas to score a point. Cannot use the same ball to score more than once consecutively. Players who start without a ball can tackle others to gain one.
Ball control and awareness of surroundings
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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