Attacking drill for high level teams, to teach players about body position when receiving depending on defenders attacking angle. Can also mirror to be a right to left pass.
This is about teaching receiving technique to protect the ball for the attacker. It is about getting ball outside the player to enable better ball protection, but also to force defender to over commit to something.
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