
Red player starts with the ball, passes to blue player after the ladder Blue player side steps through cones with ball and passes the ball backwards to red player Players run around cones and joins back of other line
Focus is on staying behind in support and changing pace Carry the ball in two hands Look before passing, but dont shift body position (pass across body. Player should turn upper body to pass and not reposition feet
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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