Goalkeeper starts in the middle, behind a feeder with a ball his hand. The feeder throughout the ball off the crazy catch and gets out the way and goalkeeper needs to react. The two central balls, Left and Right both off the deck to start with, then strikes from angle both working front post area.
PROGRESS
Two central feeds are middle of the road, two wide strikes are still strikes, although this time ball off crazy catch is a volley.
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