3 Players with one ball between them.
To start just play a simple pass and then follow the ball to the back of the queue.
As your players become more confident start getting your players to think about moving up the pitch with the ball. To do this spread the groups further apart and get the passing player to run a few steps with the ball before passing in front of the receiving player who moves out to meet the pass and then also takes a few steps before passing the ball.
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