Blue with the ball attacks goal. Yellow defender pushes out to close down attacker.
Second blue makes an overlapping run. Blue with ball lays it off to them to put them through on goal.
Can run from either side.
Let drill run with passive defender before they become active and force the attackers to switch up their attacks.
Can progress by player with ball passing it then providng overlap down the other wing.
Second attacker has to provide wide overlap. Time so that player with ball needs a short layoff to keep attack moving.
Defender, when active, has to be aware of the overlap but not commit to it.
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