In this exercise the player with the ball will dribble around the cone and try to dribble back through the blue goal. Meanwhile the defender in red will try to stop them from doing this.
Notice how the goal is on the forehand of the defender, this is to make the defender really focus on body position to force the player away from the goal.
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