Here the players will play a 3v3, once the player passes in the guard they will walk towards the circle, once the pass goes wide the 3v3 begins, with the defending the players need to make sure they do not step in and make sure there are no corners against them. In attack try to keep it large and use skill and quick passing to win 2v1s. Once the red team attack, the blue team leave and another 3 blue attackers come from the left side against the 3 red players who have to defend.
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