ACTION: two defending team switching a line of cones (Picture 4.)
COACH calls the letter and whoever is close pressures while the rest covers his/her back and the empty space. Increase the speed by calling letters faster.
Strikers wait behind coach passing and moving among each other
VARIATION 1: 2 defending and 1 attacking team
when the coach whistles strikers are allowed to score
Strikers get a set position in a cone and start passing the ball to each other while defenders apply passive pressure by pressing
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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