Fill The Bucket requires two teams of three players to set up three balls at each end of the field. Each team has a bucket, a small zone in the middle of their line. The two players begin at one end and the other player starts at the opposite end. Players will dribble the ball one at a time into the middle on a signal, leaving it in the bucket. Once they leave the ball, they run to the other end and tag the next player on the other side. The tagged player takes his turn. The first team to get all six balls into the bucket wins the game.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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