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Roll Past a Defender

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves.

Purpose

Practises the skills of rolling-off & rolling-around a defender

Difficulty

Basic

Groups of

3

Balls/grp

1

Cones

2

Opp. tops

1

sorry

Visible opposition strip: 1

Setup
Split into groups of 3 of similar stature; groups choose attacker (A), defender (B) and feeder (C). Cones (1 & 2) are 3-5m apart, the feeder is about 5m away with a ball.
Step 1
(A) runs back and forth between cones (1) and (2) while shadowed by (B) who takes a facing defensive stance

(A) must keep their eyes on (C) all the time
Step 2
At some stage during one of their runs between (1 & 2), (A) attempts to slip past (B) and receive from (C) by performing either:-

a roll-off

a roll-around
Step 3
Choose whether to allow defender to simply apply delaying pressure, or intercept.

Or you can allow interceptions as a progression
Step 4
Rotate players after (A) has 3 turns at rolling-off/around

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