The players spreads out behind the four mini-goals. Player "A" starts with the ball and are up against player "D". As soon as player "A" has scored or player "D" wins the ball (or the ball goes out of play) player D will attack goal "A", which player "A" is going to defend. This means that a quick transition is needed as soon as the player has finished his attack. The players will always first attack one vs one, and quickly go into defending when the attack is finished.
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