Get the children stood in 5 lines. Give the child on the end a ball. Get the person with the ball to run forward about 3 or 4 paces, then pass the ball to the left backwards. See if they can run to the other side of the playground without passing the ball forwards.
Progress by adding in a couple of defenders to see if they can do the same task again, but under pressure. Progress by adding tags to the children.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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