Two cones per two players. 1 ball. 1 player possess the ball, moving back and forth between the cones while facing defender. Defender shadows attacker, staying in front attempting to disrupt attacker movements but without actually stealing or touching the ball. Attacker attempts feints, stepovers, rolls, whatever they can to get the defender off balance.
Speed trickery control
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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