Using the techniques learned in previous drills regarding recieving in the circle - look to put good quality shots on goal.
The type of feed should be deliberate in what the attempt should be - i.e soft feeds to get players to come to the ball, hard feeds to look for deflections, and more lateral or baseline feeds to beat the player.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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