1v1/2v1 into 3v2 drill
Left Side to start: Player in black 2v1 zone passes out to player in red zone who challenges the player in a 1v1 battle to the circle. As soon as black player in the 2v1 zone passes to red player, the other black player bounce passes to the defender in front of him who bounces the ball out to the attackers creating a 2v1 into the circle. The 2v1 should have their shot before the 1v1 reaches the circle, as soon as the 1v1 group reaches the circle they join up with the black 2v1 group to create a 3v2 in the circle. Once play is over the right side will perform the exact same exercise.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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