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Coaches Objective:
To teach the attacker to use their body positioning and movement to commit the defender to their open stick side before eliminating with a lift on the reverse stick side.
Purpose:
By using your body to sell the defender one way opens up their other side to eliminate them to get through into the D for a goal shot or to them move the ball on.
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