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Coaches Objective:
To teach the attacker to eliminate the defender at pace by taking advantage of the space behind them.
Purpose:
The purpose is to get on the goal-side of your opponent as fast as possible by lifting the ball to the defenders reverse stick side and collect it the other side, taking advantage of space to attack at speed.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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