Variation of Using the width, option 1. Warm up drill using the right corner of the field, primary attacker curls, using drag to beat defender, and movement of secondary attacker who curls baseline creates deflection option.
Attacker 1: Concentrate on the curl and drag. Then be patient enough to wait for attacker 2 to set up. Extra difficulty - reverse shot from top. Attacker 2: Concentrate on hitting 2 speeds, cruise outside, then hit the gas on the return to the circle.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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