set up a coned square roughly 8m. first player sprints to collect a ball and the exercise is live as soon as they start running. Upon receiving the ball the wide receiver should look to run behind the defender, receive the ball and either shoot or play the ball back to the starting player once they have got ahead of the ball. The defender should look to pressure the ball carrier and then run back.
Allow palyers to explore different ways of exploiting the 2v1 but emphasise going forward first and fast.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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