The feeders are positioned adjacent to one another, at the top and side of the circle - with a shooter and defender inside the circle.
The shooter can offload to either feeder.
If the shooter cannot get free within 3 seconds OR the attacker is holding the side of the free feeder - the ball can swing to the free feeder.
The ball can only be swung once, at which point it must be passed to the shooter.
The shooter must still try to get free each time for the first feed.
Once the shooter has receieved the ball they can put up a shot.
The feeders should recognise where the open space is or where the shooter may be holding and swing the ball for an easier pass.
Challenge your shooter to work towards a set number of consecutive successful shots.
To challenge the defence you could set a condition that they may only switch out if they interrupt the practice - either a tip or interception.
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