First player dribbles at green cones and performs roll overs at and out of the them. They dribble through the coenss with footballs on the name without knocking the footballs off. When the reach the black cone, they have to pass the ball in through the red gate. Have a practice round before making it a competition. If they knock a ball off the cone they have to go back and dribble through the cones of that colour again. If they miss the red target they have to retrieve the ball, bring it to the black cone and try again.
Small touches All surfaces of the feet Eyes up to see the obstacles in front of them
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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