Place balls on the 23. an attacker dribbles into a square (will be marked out), where there will be a defender (cant leave the square). The attacker then has to get past the defender before having a shot on goal. Swap the defender after every 5.
Ensure players use a variety of methods to get round the defender eg. chip over the stick, roll out, v drag.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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