Exercise to encourage movement after passing
Player 1 starts with the ball, passes to player 2 , leads towards player 2 receives wall pass back from player 2 .
Player 1 passes to player 3 on the baseline and continues to take up player 2s position. Meanwhile player 2 leads to middle to receive wall pass from player 3. Player 2 passes to player 4 then runs to take up player 3's position
Player 3 leads towards player 4 and receives wall pass from them.
Player 4 leads to circle receives ball from player 3 who then continues to take up player 4 position.
Player 4 drives into circle and shoots
Start again from position 1 with new player.
remind Your jobs not complete when you have played a pass look to create different angles
Progression add man to man marking for players to lose markers
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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