Red and blue team starts behind cones. Coach tells red team (Make sure blue team don't hear) two colours. 3 blue player run out. 2 red player run out. Blue players quickly allign into a back line (Still on the move) Red players run to the two coloured cones and advance as a line. A blue player waiting for next round or the coach scrum-half passes the ball to the first reciever. Blue team must react and play a player through the whole. Advancement 1 - Coach can tell red player to start at X colour cone and to drift to another cone colour. This takes place when the player passes the white cone. Advancement 2 - Red teams can adjust lanes to defend if the blue team don't fix them or make it clear where it's going. Advancement 3 - Add more players to both the red and blue team.
Allow blue team to be creative. Only let the Red team here the cone colours. Give the attacking team enough space ( Around 15 meters between the two black cones). Make sure passing is slick and player are using good techniques. Make sure the first reciever isn't drifting off too much (Depends on the back move being played).
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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