Set up:
8 defending players Tackle Suits, one ball carrier and four support players.
The drill:
Ball carrier shoulder target defender and win collision and be able to present ball - ball carrier should protect ball by keeping shoulder over the top of the ball until support arrives - support players should target defenders chest area, approach with shuffle footwork and low body angle and hit target hard and upwards - until defenders are cleared the ball carrier should be left to control the ball - support player picks balls when clear, maintains low body angle and strong grip until out of the grid - repeat in middle grid and grid 3.
Please Note numbers can be flexible but no more than listed with the same ratios. Up to 8 attackers with one ball. One metre grid entrance gate marked with cones.
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