1 of the attackers passes to the the deneder ,who stands in the centre of the zone, once the defender recieves the ball, both attackers may enter the zone and try to steal the ball from the defender, whoever steal the ball becomes the defender
Defending: emphasis keeping body between ball & attackers at all times, use arms & bum to keep attackers at distance from the ball. attacking: emphasis closing down defender from both sides
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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