Both players start on the cones. When coach yells "GO" both players run around the top cone and try and receive the ball first. The first player to receive the ball tries to score a goal between the red cones. The other player becomes the defender and tries to stop a goal being scored.
If you think you are going to be the first to the ball, what is your first touch going to be? If you think you aren't going to make it to the ball, where do you run? (Channeling, tackling?)
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