Red Team is always "in" helping the outside team (in this example the yellow team). Yellow team keep possession together with Red team, if the ball get intercepted by the Black team, black team has to pass to Red team, and moves outside, Yellow team moves in and starts defending.
Very important drill to "trigger" the brain of the player to defend closer when we loose the ball, and to open wide when we have the possession.This transition has to be made in a "heart beat".
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