
play a one-two with middle player. pass a through ball to the player who's making the run both players who are in the middle then cut in to wait for the cross as the player crosses shooters are allowed to head the ball or take a volley
-While crossing it needs to be an overhead cross -needs to be quick like a counter play
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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