Form pairs of players with one soccer and each player at a cone. Players should loft and chip the ball back and firth with their partner, focusing on proper technique and working to get the ball in the air to their teammate. Distance should increase as the skill and strength improve.
Focus on proper technique. Plant foot should be point at their target and slightly behind the ball. Shooting foot should be pointed locking the ankle and striking the ball with the knuckle of the foot below the center of the ball.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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