Warmup with dribbling/passing Setup: setup lanes 10 yards wide by 30 yards long red cones 1o yards from orange to indicate boundary min 3 players per lane Progression: dribble the ball across at full pace all the way and release the ball to opposing player 1 yard away dribble at full pace, pass the ball as you transition through 2nd cone dribble at full pace, make a move between internal read square and then pass long pass shutdown space to 2nd red cone receive a pass back and then lay ball off
be ready to receive the ball - on your toes, adjust to keep the ball in front of you firm passes burst out of your move
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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