Players will be passing in a 3 man weave style formation heading down the middle of the pitch. As soon as the first pass is played, the defender can start looking to recover and try to win the ball, if they are successful they play to the next group ready to go in the other way.
The midfielders will join with the wingers who will be recovering into the box to defend crosses from the byline in cut backs.
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