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Snake Drill

This one isn't my favorite, but again just for variety it's worth using once or twice during a season.

You'll needs lots of cones or discs for this game. You use them to basically set up a "course", using pairs of cones or discs to set up "gates". Players must dribble through the gates as fast as they can. The gates are spread out, and dispersed in such a way that you still have an obvious path to follow, but there are plenty of turns to make. The game's name comes from the "snake-like" path your players will have to take to take to dribble through the gates.

Try to leave the last gate not too far from the first gate, so players can just start over when they finish the course. Also, keep it big enough to accommodate all players dribbling through the course at the same time.

For variety, the coaches can try to steal the ball as the players are dribbling around.

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