Start the ball and head to 1st left blue cone and pull the ball back to the right cone. After the third set of cones, hit the ball toward the goal,
Make sure the player dribble along the full lenght of the cones. Make sure player lift their stick before entering the circle and immediately hit the ball when it enter the circle. Don't wait the ball to get inside first before lifting the stick.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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