Here the players by the balls will try and give a long ball through the yellow goal to the attacking player. The blue blue player will try and intercept the ball by staying low and using their forehand, If they get the ball they score them selves. If they do not get the ball the other player will score.
After 10 minutes introduce the second stage of the press (White lines)
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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