Players occupy the space between cones to play the ball inside the square grid. They make their runs outside the cones. Right then left around, making runs to follow their passes. Right to left around again, making runs outside the cones in the opposite direction of the pass. May play the pass in the two directions away from where they received the ball, making runs to follow the pass (outside the cones left and right, through the grid if down the middle) When the red player receives the ball, the entire group transitions to the open grid. Red player dribbles towards the grid until a free player has taken up good space and can be played forward into good space to receive the ball.
technique passing and receiving (heel down, toes up) Scanning, checking the next pass is on before receiving the ball, looking for the earliest opportunistic pass in transition, keeping the ball until the pass is on.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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