Exercise will be done on both sides at the same time.
1: The Mid player will lead towards the ball and the players by the balls will play the ball to her. Once she gets it she will pass to the side while keeping the ball away from the "defender" (there is no defender).
2: Receive the ball on the run, they do an action into the middle then play the ball onto the green in the corner.
3: The forward will run into the corner and receive the ball, then drive along the baseline and pass the ball to the spits.
4: The whole time that the players are busy passing the spits should constantly be moving (the players will not like this but they must) once the ball comes into the circle they will run away then towards the ball, receive and score with a 2 (or 1) touch.
in more ways than one
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