All players in the middle Coach names each corner North, South, East, West. Coach shouts one of the compass points - last 1,2 or 3 players to arrive does a forfeit
Progress to using a stick and ball and dribble to corners Tell players to go to the opposite corner to the one shouted out eg shout North and players should go South, West they go East etc.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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