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Skills & Drills

OBJECTIVE:

Improve communication and reactions.

EQUIPMENT:

One ball per pair

GROUP SIZE:

Two - team

AREA:

Large

DRILL EXPLANATION:

  1. Players form pairs and position themselves so that only one player in each pair can see the coach.
  2. Each pair has a ball and the drill starts with the player in each pair, separated by one metre, passing back and forward to one another.
  3. The coach blows the whistle and at the same time points in a direction they want the players to go.
  4. The player who can see immediately goes in that direction and the other player adjusts.

COACHING POINTS:

• Good communication is imperative.
• Keep the players positioning close at all times.

VARIATIONS / PROGRESSION:

  1. Introduce groups of four players.
  2. Call out direction, ie left, right, forward, etc.

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