GOAL : to apply learned skills
End game
* 2 teams, both 2 goals to score/def
* ask what they have been training today.
Game assignment:
every attempt of a pull back= 2 pnts
Stimulate the kids to do pull backs in this game.
Tip: sometimes ask them to freeze during game- show instead of dribbling ball through stick- go around by pulling back.
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