White 1 is the defence. Blues 1 and 2 have a ball. Slowly, they pass the ball back and forth and defence moves to the ball side of the player.
Progression - add the ball in to Blue 3 allowing White 1 to intercept the pass
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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