Players in pairs with a cone rectangle.
Forehand slap
Reverse slap
Repeat the drill but in the opposite direction, so that the long-pass is a reverse slap from each player's left-hand cone.
Variation:
Make the cone rectangles bigger or smaller
Based on an exercise in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp5qpwd7E0Y
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