The players will start in the corner of the grid whilst the Coach (Sleeping Dragon) will be on the opposite side of the grid. The players have to dribble their soccer ball slowly towards the cones. They must take the cone, turn and take it back to the hoop. If the Dragon wakes up, the players must freeze and put their foot on top of the soccer ball. If they move when the Dragon is awake, they will have to go back to the start and drop the cone if they have one. Once all of the cones have been returned to the hoop, the players must all hide the cones from the Dragon before he/she steals them back!
- Keep their head up when going towards the cone and check their shoulder on the way back!
- Controlled touches, if it gets out of their bubble, it will be harder to stop and freeze.
- Encourage the turn away from the Dragon to be a turn they have learnt previously.
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