Technical practice: each player with a ball. In area practice changing angle of run.
Right to Left using open stick - stick on ball, to side and drag. Reverse to align forward again and accelerate.
Left to Right - reverse stick drag. Open stick to align forward again and accelerate.
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Discuss when we would use this skill.
Introduce using in turn over and attacking in opposition half to go into seams.
in more ways than one
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