the ball gets passed wide to the fullback 2 forwards start in the D with 2 defenders. 1 forward leads wide the other posts up and the defenders track. whilst this is happenning the first player that passed is running to support the play with a defender who is trying to catch them Rotation- Players on halfway and sideline rotate. Forwards swap in small groups. Defenders do the same.
Attackers lead hard to beat the defender to the ball leads start high up the pitch to stretch play.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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