ball starts at player A, she passes into box, where player B receives, and archs out to right hand channel, she feeds the ball to the C, who takes the ball across her body and beats the "player" (cones) she then passes the ball into the box, where player D is against 2 defenders, both player B and player C may join in this attack as we are looking to create the over load in this channel. once they have beaten the 2 defenders, they must shoot at goal. this is a 3 V 2, with a shot at goal to finish, defenders need to start in the block, but once the game is live, they can move anywhere.
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