Blue players with a ball all yellow players inside the circle.
PROGRESSION 1
On the coaches signal yellow players have to move close to the blue players receive the ball make a turn and pass to the blue player who does not have a ball on his feet.
The Blue player receives the pass and waits for the next yellow player.
PROGRESSION 2
Same progress but now add to the circle two defenders. The defenders will try to win the ball and the Yellow players have to be aware of the defenders position.
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