the blue player passes the ball through the red gate to the yellow player The yellow player first controls the ball After controlling the ball, the yellow player chooses any one of the two orange gates and runs to it. When the yellow player arrives at the orange gate, he passes the ball to the blue player again. Repeat 10 times and switch players
Control of the ball Running with the ball Passing the ball
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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