Players start with a ball on the line. They dribble up to the first cone and stop the ball, leaving it in place. They backpedal to the touch line, then sprint to pick their ball back up. This is repeated through all three cones. Once the ball is picked up at the end of the last cone, the player picks up the ball and performs an open field dribble back to the original touch line.
-Good dribbling technique with knees bent and body over ball. -explosive with legs when running without ball. -Stretch out dribble when running back to touch line.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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