
Teams compete against each other to get as many balls back to their base. next game should be to get balls back to central square. Dribble ball in differnet ways: inside of feet, outside of feet, inside/outside, roll over stops, moving toe taps, drag push, V push Introduce cones to dribble around Use cones to move around when running without ball. dribble ball out from centre to black cones pass from black cone into team to recieve in box
Fast but controlled speed. lots of ball manipulation. Those the get more balls out of box have more to get back to box for next round, pushing better players and allowing others a chance to win the round.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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