the aim of the game is to play the ball through the 2 red cones, pass it to someone at the other red cones, then this team can attack the goal. As you can see in the diagram, the red team have acheived this. that means the blue team must hit the green patches numbered 1,2 or 3 (as shown on the diagram) before they can rejoin the game and defend
Coaching points: Move the ball quickly use of transfer skills to move the opposition
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