Put the players in pairs. One starts to the right and one in the centre. The player on the right dribbles with ball. When he gets to the coned area he crosses the ball to the middle. The player in the centre runs at the same time as the dribbler and attempts to score first time.
The player dribbling gets his head up and looks to cross to his mate. The cross to the middle ask the lads to judge how hard they cross the ball. The player shooting has their eyes on the ball and hits first time.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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