Ball is swept from red to yellow to blue, whilst this is happening, the player that started on the red cone is making a lead run around the black cone before receiving a pass to the top of the D. First time sweep at goal.
Body positioning
Footwork
Open wrists to slice under ball
Introduce a defender
Work at from the other side
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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