Basic Handing Drill
1 - Player with ball runs diagonally across the square & hands ball off to next player, join end of line.
2 - Same as above but pass instead of hand off
3 - Run to centre of square pass ball left and then follow pass to join end of line
4 - Repeat last step but pass right.
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