slowly, the two attacking players pass the ball back and forth anf the defender should move the ball side of the spare attacking player to prevent the pass.
the feeder occassionalt feeds the ball to the far side of thr spare attacking player i.e. When 1 has the ball, defence will be on blue 3's left and the ball will fed to blue 3's right.
the defending player in this situation must try to make the interception
in more ways than one
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in more ways than one
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