Warm up drill for grass
Player at the top of the cirlce runs with the ball until they get to the middle cone.
They should pass the ball to any other person on the circle and continue running to the bottom cone.
The player than must turn around and run back. By the time they get to the middle cone, the player on the outside must have played the ball in to the stride of the running player, who then runs it back to the top of the circle.
The players all move around one place when the player is back.
in more ways than one
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