The blue team have to get the ball from one side of the middle quarter to the other. The ball must go through the orange coned area and the defenders in red have to stop them.
High ball speed and transfer rate Movement from the side not in possession Put sufficient weight on pass
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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