Players getting their bodies in the right position to receive in an open fashion with head up.
Player A passes the ball to player B Player A then runs an arcing run around the cone and receives open from player B Player A then passes to the next player at position A The next round starts with next player at position A passes to player at position C
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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