Simple pass, receive and pass drill. Player each corner of square who have to complete in 3 touches receipt of ball, shift and the pass at right angle.
Once complete say 5 circuits without miscontrolling ball or using more than 3 touches then move cones back 1 meter
Once completed a number of times then close cones back in to c 4 meters and then make one of the players a defender so that you have 3 players on the cones and one defender who has to intercept os stop completion of a pass. Once turned over then the player who lost possesion becomes the defender.
Receiving and quickly distributing / passing. Range of passes
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