Player D starts on the yellow cone. Makes a fake lead to P spot and then leads to an area out of the D.
Player F starts on the yellow cone and fake leads to P spot. Player F then leads to the far post(right post)
Player A hits ball to player D who is out of the half circle. Player D deflects ball to player F at the far post who tries to get a deflection on target.
This is very effective against teams who are well organised at the back.
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