Put the players in pairs with one ball between 2 the players should try and pass the ball straight to each other.
The receiving player has to play the ball with the instep of the kicking foot to play the ball into a space, to step and kick the ball back to the other player
the player should try and add a dummy movement to try and make a player approaching think they are going to take the ball in the opposite direction.
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