A large square with a Blue player on each side . A small square inside with a cone and a ball on top . Two defenders inside square. Attacking players pass the ball around the square whilst denders close down and try to block attackers passing the ball to knock central ball off cone in the centre. When ball knocked off player who passed the ball to knock it off elects a player to swithch places.
Movement and closing down spaces.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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