The player starts with a ball from the left cone, runs to the second cone and hits the ball on the move towards the target.
Then when the ball has crossed the line, the player can start withe the next ball but this time he/she has to run with the ball to the left cone and either pull the ball back and hit, or run past the ball and hit it at the target.
Keep score as players have their turn to make this a competition for players.
Increase the distance and introduce a time limit to make the practice closer to match conditions and to increase the difficulty.
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