Close control dribbling with the ball. This practice is a good practice to set up as part of a skill circuit where the players pratice lots of variations of dribbling.
Place the cones about 5 metres apart and ask the players to dribble around the cones in a figure of eight as fast as they can.
Either for a certain amount of time, such as 45 seconds, or a number of times round against the clock.
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