Coach sets up a target (basket). Players compete with each other while trying to throw the ball inside the basket.
It is important that young players finish the practice with fun and interesting exercise to take this memory home and want to come back again. Coach should make competition easy to succeed (short distance from the target/bigger target) to guarantee fair chances for everyone. With younger children, it should be a team competition; older children can compete individually.
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