- Using the reverse stick to intercept a pass
- Defender is touch-tight to the attacker
- This allows him to look at the ball and 'feel' where the attacker is moving
- Defender gets very low in order to control the ball and avoid the ball pitching up
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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