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Whats The best Drill That My Team Can Play to Help Keep The Ball ?

Whats The best Drill That My Team Can Play to Help Keep The Ball ?

Whats The best Drill That My Team Can Play to Help Keep The Ball
We Are Good on Defence But Sometimes We Are to together There for When We Pass The Ball The Other Team Is Able To Get It

Windsor School , England
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They must hav gr8 control of the ball and passes must go sttaight to the player.

Bram van Asselt, England

Here are a couple of drills for you from the Sportplan database that might help.

Kabadi

DESCRIPTION
Set up with two teams, each team having their own area in which they keep possession by passing the ball around. The other team can send one player across to try and win the ball for their side. If they manage to win possession the roles reverse and the other team passes the ball inside their own area. The winning team is the first team to put 10 passes together without losing the ball.

Kabadi

DESCRIPTION
Set up with two teams, each team having their own area in which they keep possession by passing the ball around. The other team can send one player across to try and win the ball for their side. If they manage to win possession the roles reverse and the other team passes the ball inside their own area. The winning team is the first team to put 10 passes together without losing the ball.
Bram van Asselt, England

one more

Conditioned game - 2 Jokers outside

DESCRIPTION
In the grid play a 5 vs 5 or 4 vs 4 possession hockey game. There a two jokers stood at either end of the area. These two players may receive the ball from either team and are stood in the scoring zone. The aim is to play possession hockey and use the two Jokers. Everytime the team in possession passes the ball to a joker and receives a pass back they score a point. The first team to score 5 consecutive points is the winner.

Conditioned game - 2 Jokers outside

DESCRIPTION
In the grid play a 5 vs 5 or 4 vs 4 possession hockey game. There a two jokers stood at either end of the area. These two players may receive the ball from either team and are stood in the scoring zone. The aim is to play possession hockey and use the two Jokers. Everytime the team in possession passes the ball to a joker and receives a pass back they score a point. The first team to score 5 consecutive points is the winner.
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