
Defending practice - If the ball goes out on the right, Blue players have to move to the white cone shown up there. Thats how we need to line up and defend the area. - If the ball goes out on the left, Blue players have to move to the yellow cone, exactly same as the white one but opposite.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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