defender to stop the attacker from scoring.
blue1 passes the ball to blue2, blue 2 passes it back and blue1 pretends to shoot around the middle cone, where defender needs to stop him/her.
then blue 1 passes to blue 2 and goes to the end of the opposite line.
same again on the other side, so blue 2 passes to blue3, who passes back to blue2. blue 2 goes for a shot and stopped by the defender.... and goes on until everyone had a turn. than change defender.
blue players are moving between cones too, just like in a normal game.
defender has time to reset at the 6m line cone while they performing the passes, but should follow the ball and move with the game.
defender on tiptoes, and with bent knees, arms up.
body and arm positioning of the defender when stopping the attack
attack: accurate passing, try to create rythm.
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