1. Yellow passes open stick to blue, who carries ball open stick between cones and passes back. Progression: on receiving ball on open stick, receiver feints left then pushes ball with reverse upright through cones and passes back on open stick. 2. Ball-carrier on blue cone passes to receiver at each red cone in turn. Receive takes a touch before passing back and then moves to next cone. Progression: receive passes ball straight back without taking a touch.
GKs can do these too. No helmet or stick needed. Based on these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEsxsLNTg4 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EvYItM4guJ0
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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