Black passes from the yellow cone to Green who turns his body and puts his arm
out to hold off blue for 5 seconds before passing back to Black
Black picks the ball up and throws the ball at chest height to Green who turns his
body and puts his arm out to hold off blue for 5 seconds before passing back to Black
Black moves back to the White cone and repeats the previous 2.
We then rotate the players as to who is Black Green and Blue.
Black is practicing basic passing,
Green is practicing controlling the ball, hold up play and basic passing
Blue is practicing putting pressure on.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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