This is a simple passing drill, the players in blue are on the same team and the player in red is a defender. One side the defend starts behind the reciever and the other he starts infront.
Make sure you explain to the players that defending is very different dpending if they are in front of behind the person they are marking.
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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