Setup: Smaller red rectangle of cones inside a larger blue rectangle of cones. Procedure: Start at "START" position Red team have to dribble their balls outside the red rectangle, while Blue team pass their 1 ball around the blue rectangle TWICE. When Blue team finish their mission, stop the game. Red team get 1 pt for each player they passed. So if both Red players only got to the third person when the game stopped, their team gets 6 pts. Play again, swapping roles.
This is a passing/dribbling activity is for U8 / U10 players. Remind Blues that their ball is a speeding bullet, so they must pass it ultra-fast and hard. Reds must try to outrun the "speeding bullet".
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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