- Performing a continuous stick dink
- Practice 3D skills whilst moving in a linear fashion
- Players may sometimes struggle to control the flight of the ball. Introduce challenges that they must perform if they miss a cone out
- Vary the gap length of the cones so players lift their heads up
- Put a kink into the line of cones so players must change direction
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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