A DRILL
Yellow start with the ball and passes short to blue
Blue plays the ball back to yellow who has moved free.
Yellow plays the deep ball to red who has also move to space.
Red receives the ball and should imediately play back to blue who run in to score
Everyone should follow thier ball
Yellow goes to the place of blue, blue to red and red goes to the beggining of the line to start again.
B. After doing this ej. you can add a defender and alow them to move be free
Moving before receiving the ball
Short and deep passes with the balk
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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