Two teams dribble balls in the area. When the coach yells GO, players try to knock out balls of their opponents while keeping theirs. Players keep playing after losing a ball. Winner is the team with the last ball (or most when time is called).
Variation: make the players who are kicked out perform a skill task before returning.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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