Equipment: balls, cones, bibs, goals, players. Centre-half plays a pass into the other centre-half, this player then plays a ball straight into the attacking midfielders feet (number 10) he then sets back to the defensive midfielder (pivot). The pivot then plays a ball out wide to one of the wingers, the winger then crosses the ball into the centre forward (number 9), the other winger also gets himself/herself into the box.
- look for weight of passing - pace on the cross - movement in the box - tempo of play
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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