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Running with the Ball - End Product

Having the awareness and ability to run with the ball is a good start, but we need players to run with a purpose. Often in a game the space to run with the ball will result from a counter-attack when the opposition are out of shape. At those moments we need to finish with a shot or cross as early as possible. In this session players will get practice making the transition from run to shot, and then in a game situation they will score goals as long as they can finish before their opposing marker recovers.


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