Two defenders can work together to channel
- First defender channelling should dictatce the direction of the attacker
Second defender should take notice of this, and position themselves accordingle
- If the first defender is pushing the attacker to the left, the second defender can over compensate to this side and perform a strong low block challeenge to gain possession
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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