Player 1:
Calls which cone to go to. Then passes the ball into the midfielder to receive and pass back.
Player 2:
Shuttles to the cone that player 1 calls and back to receive the ball and pass back to player 1.
DEF:
Can be added to put pressure on the receive.
Player 1:
Player 2:
Progressions:
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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