In this game the wing player (green 1) feeds the ball to the first attacker who then works with their partner to try and get past the two defenders.
Always try to get stuck into the two defenders, play the ball fast and always move back quickly to get into a new position to receive the pass back immediately and change the direction of the attacking 'wave'.
You can gradually build up the numbers in this half court attacking game - 4v4, 5v5 until you finally have 6v6 on court players (and a keeper for the defending side).
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