
This Drill is for 4 to 5 players. it's about defender working to take the ball away from the attacker and clearing it to the side and moving up to the red to win the round. if a Attacker gets past the Defender with the ball under their control and hasn't gone out of bounds the Defender has to run back to the Green cones and Start the climb back up to the red cones. the Defender doesn't stop until they make it to the Red Cones, or the Coach allows the defender stop. the line and the cones are out of bounds 1 Defender Starts by running at the first attacker at the Green Cones; attackers start in a line at the red cones. the first attacker goes when the Defender moves forward. the following Attackers do not run until the Attacker in play has either finished at the green cones or they have had their ball taken away from them and has pushed into out of bounds. the Defender must push hard to the Red cones and keep moving up.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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