Drill: April Heinrich's Combat Game

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This is a fun, aggressive and hard game that can be used as a fitness game for female youth players. It also teaches players to deal with cheaters in games.

1.. Pull Combat

• Players divide up. One ball between Two players.
• You can pull anything you want, as long as you want, with ONE hand although don't stop the exercise if players use two hands.
• The person who gets possession of the ball tries to maintain possession by shielding without dribbling away or being controlled by the aggressor.
• Either player can possess the ball. When one player has the ball the other tries to get it from her.

2.. Push Combat

• Same game except players can push with one hand instead of pulling.

3.. Fair Combat

• April relates to the players that "Pulling and Pushing is cheating" so in this final game (Fair Combat) you must play fair.
  
• Fair combat requires a lot of aggressive clean battling for the ball like you would see in a game.
  
• If you have possession of the ball you cannot dribble away.
  
• Using the hands and shoulders to shield or get possession is legal as long as players are not pushing or pulling.

Ken Gamble