Players divided to the 4 stations as shown in the image. One player in the middle of the rhombus. Ball is provided only to 3 out of 4 players on the red cones.
PROGRESSION 1
Red player has to move away from the defenders (white cones) to receive the ball make a turn and pass to the player without a ball. Red player continues th same sequence for 1 minute.
PROGRESSION 2
Same sequence but now the red player is switching with the player receiving the final pass.
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