Player at cone passes the ball into his partner, who receives the ball and dribbles out to vacant cones (blue team uses blue cones and red team use red cones). P1 follows his pass into the square ready to receive the next pass. P2 reaches cone, turns and passes to P1 before tracking back into the square.
1. Weight of pass.
2. Receiving and turning with the ball.
3. Moving to empty space.
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