WhiteGA starts with ball passes to WhiteWA. WhiteGA drives baseline to recieve chest/bounce pass from WhiteWA WhiteGA turns and shoots rebounds/collects ball and passes to next in line. As WhiteGA is Shooting BlackGA passes (with a 2nd ball) to Black WA in pocket. Drives towards post to recieve lob from blackWA. Shoots and rebouds/collects ball and passes to the next inline.
Pass into space Correct shooting technique
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