
Players give a short pass to eachother between the blue cones as they go back and fourth, at any time the coach can shout red. The players must react and back pedal to the red cones to which a wider pass is challegened. The coach now chooses when the players return to the blue cones
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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