Blue shooter (Blue 1) has the ball inside the circle.
Pretend to shoot, with white 1 defending, instead of the shot, blue 1 pops the ball over the defender to blue goal attack(number 2) who has held her position with the defence behind her.
Defenders stay in for 10 attacks. Attackers pass and follow and then go to the back of the line after shot.
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