Create two square zones across the pitch, leaving a 10m gap between the zones. The objective is that the team must keep the ball for as many passes as they can in the zone they are in. When the other team win the ball back, all the players must run over to the other zone and repeat. No ball must be run over to the other zone unless every recovering player is in the current zone. This will be hard work physically.
Possession Recovering runs Tracking players Concentration
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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