
2 lines of players - 2m apart, on cones. Ball carrier walks up the centre - Hip, Head, hands - preparing to pass. When they pass the receiver must run the whole circuit of the game - being chased by the ball carrier. Once the goose is chosen, then second ball carrier starts their Hip, Head, hands walk.
Hip, Head, Hands. Catch not snatch.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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