All players are to have a ball each and a bib tucked into the side of their shorts. 1 player will not have a bib and will start play off as a cat who will dribble their ball after the mice. If close enough, the cat will try to take the tail of the mouse. Once any mouse loses their tail, they become a cat and must try to take the tail of the other players.
Close ball control Keep head up looking for space and to avoid other players Use body feints to fool a cat which direction will be ran
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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