
one player/coach serves the ball in from the sideline and the two central players compete to get the ball down to their striker. The striker then has to play at least one pass to his midfielder before the team can score. Strikers are only allowed in their own half and should create a 2 v 1 situation when they have the ball Restart from opposite sideline when a goal is scored or the ball goes out of play
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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