No Ball Pair players up rotating every 3 times. Attackers face away from defender, throw an imaginary ball up and turn around. Defence passively attempts to go for imaginary ball, when the attack turns around they recover to get into 3ft Attackers throw an imaginary pass Defenders step up to the attack and begin blocking movement Attackers aim to get past the defence Attackers are passive to start with then increase their working percentage to 60% Emphasis should be on defensive movement and no contacting from both attack and defence
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