
Double ball drill expanded adding extra components
Structure: Player A eliminates gutters and shoots at goal Player E passes to Player B who eliminates obstacles and shoots back post for either a deflection or a rebound with Player A Player A recovers and defends against a 1v1 with player C Player E hits a ball to D who eliminates the obstacle and shoots for a deflection or rebound with player C who has player A defending
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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