Set Up
Between 3 to 15 players - 1 to 4 ration of ball to players - players spaced no more than 5m apart
Players catches ball - falls onto back and pops ball off one or two handed to free player
Control the off load - vary the type of pass - give the ball some 'air' -float the pass.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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