Set up a 10 x 10 grid. the ball player remains on a corner cone. the object is for their team mate to draw teh defender into another corner to create space to pass and receive the ball.
Try leading blue into various corners and split (cutting between blue and ball) to avoid an intercept
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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