The red players in the middle are static and receive and wall pass the ball back to the same player each time.
Players on the outside receive the ball from the blue player to their left and pivot pass the ball to the red player in the middle.
They then move to receive the wall pass back from the player in the centre on the other cone.
Once they have received the ball back again the players passes it to the next blue player on the outside, after which they return to their starting cone.
Start off at 50% pace and increase the speed to 75% and then 100%.
Regularly change players on the inside and outside around.
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