3 V 2 with recovering defender A3 passes the ball to A1 and then creates and overlap run to support on the 45. Once A3 has passed the ball A1 and D1 both run around their cone, A1 carrying the ball. D1 then becomes the revcovering defender and engages A1. A2 also becomes active once A1 has rounded the cone and is tracked by D2 as the last defender. A1 has to try and beat D1 to get into the 23 where he can then link up with either A2 in the D or A3 as the crash ball in for deflections.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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