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Basketball: 1 v 1 in open floor

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Red player 1 (defender) rolls the ball out to blue player one. As soon as the ball is rolled the defender can go and close the attacker down. The attacker can then pick the ball up and go 1 v 1 against the defender and try and score.

Once the practice is over the players go to the back of their lines and the next two players go.

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