-x1 receives ball from coach and passes to x2
-x2 receives and passes back to x1, give and go (x1 receives on the move)
-x3 shows for the ball and receives pass from x1
-x1 flairs at diagonal while x3 arcs and passes to x2
-x3 makes diagonal run and receives ball back from x2
-x3 dribbles and passes to x1 who returns ball back to x3
-x1 moves forwards and receives diagonal pass from x3, x1 dribbles to coach (or gets a pass off of right foot)
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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