Players stand in 2 lines, with a feeder in front of each line.
Players pass the ball out to their feeder and then swap sides (going in front or behind the other passing player) to receive the return pass from the other feeder.
Players receive the pass from the feeder and then pass to the next players for them to go again.
Communicate! - Who's going behind and who's going in front?
Fast, strong, confidence passes - complete the pass before starting to run to the other side for the return pass.
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