Ball is delivered to an attacker who is aiming to eliminate a defender on the circle edge - intially the other players cannot get invovled. If attacker can eliminate then he can look to shoot or deliver to one of the other attackers in the circle. Play it out until PC, goal or the ball is cleared. Progress to make connections before receiving, then the attack can chose to pass rather than looking to eliminate (looking to use left foot pass in particular)
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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