
The drill starts when the player on the furthest cone starts with the ball and plays it to the person in between the sticks he will then 1 touch pass it to the player to their left to play a through ball, while thats going on the third guy is making a diagonal run into the box, to receive the ball after the 1,2 has been played. The yellow lines are where the player moves next.
Firm Passes 1 touch passing shooting first time aiming for corners
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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