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Running with the ball - Practices

Practices


Area: as marked

1. 3 Red players begin the practice in Area A by playing against one striped defender D1 in order to free one Red player into Area B. No Red player can enter Area B before the ball arrives there and the defender must stay in Area A.

2. For example, the Reds interpass before Red 1 has the space to run the ball through Area B to Area C, where the exercise is repeated in the opposite direction. Likewise no Red player can enter Area B before the ball arrives there and the defender D2 must stay in Area C.

Change defenders at the appropriate time or when the defenders have forced the Reds into a required number of mistakes.

Key Factors

1. Control the ball in front of you, to be able to run with the ball.

2. Don’t pass the ball square when you run forward with the ball.

3. Run straight through Area B and pass with the laces to maintain momentum.

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Zinedine Zidane of France on the ball. Mike Egerton/EMPICS
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