First drill blue player stays on his side of the cone and tries to fake direction and separate from red. Second drill but blue wants to get inside the cone and go around it red and can use their body to try and stop blue from coming over. Third drill is the same as second drill except red can use their hands to stop blue and blue can't use their hands.
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