Tight Cone Comeback
- Prescription
- 8 × routes · 45 s restabout 8 min
- Players
- Solo
- Equipment
- Cones (recommended)
A tight comeback, run around a single cone. Place it twelve yards in front of you (or any other marker: bottle, bag). You run up at full speed and brake as close to the cone as you can, in two or three steps, hips low. You come back toward where you came from, driving hard, as if the ball were waiting for you three yards back. The exit stays glued to the cone: no big arc. Eight routes.
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Key points
- Stay tight to the cone: a big arc gives the ball to the defender.
- You come back to the ball, you don’t wait for it.
- Your eyes find the passer as soon as you come out.
- Watch the videos for the low brake at the cone: that is what they show best.
- In a group, with a ball: your partner throws to you as you come out of the break. Same movement, plus the catch.
Common mistakes
- Stopping upright at the cone, then starting again.
- Coming back flat instead of coming back toward the passer.
Demonstrations
- Staying tight, coming back to the ballYour Moment is NowYOUTUBE
- 1, 2, Stick: the low brake at the conePro Limit AthletesYOUTUBE
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LEVELS : Intermediate · Advanced
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