Two boxes of 20x10 steps, are marked out and are placed. Teams are evenly split and they stand in one box each. Team 1 has a football each. On the coaches command the team with the balls attempt to play a long pass in the air, that makes its first bounce in the other teams box.
Coaching Points:
Strike under the centre of the ball
Lean back on contact
Place non striking foot behind the ball.
Approach the ball at a angle
Strike the ball with laces
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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