
A rectangble area as wide as the defender and stick stretched out touching the sides. Defender in Middle stopping all balls or forcing out line Attacker coming through with ball to get to the other sidee
Change Defender around, after a few gos Attacker should attack with speed and not walk into square Defender try to shape to push attacker into area and Defend or tackle. Try jab tackling make attacker make mistake This is very quick and sharp, good for a warm up drill aswell. Look at defender Stick position and body. are they protecting feet, stick on ground
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