1) Red dribbles until the second zone where he plays a wall pass with his team mate who drops off the defender.

2) The ball is played back into his path.

3) He then dribbles towards the next zone.

4) Again he plays the ball into his team-mate.

5) The ball is successfully played back to him.

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- 2 defenders, 3 attackers.
- Small designated area split into zones (size up to coach).

- Vary approach angles and original starting positions and vary size of each zone.
- Add a chasing player to put pressure on the dribbling player.
- The player used to play the ball off maybe marked closely from behind by a defender.
- See Variation 1.

- The dribbling player must try to disguise his intentions, i.e. the moment when he will pass the ball by using faking movements such as step-overs and dropping his shoulder.
- Both he must use explosive burst of pace to get into the positions to receive the ball.
- Both passes must be accurate especially the second which must not make the dribbling player break his stride. Work on timing of passes and angle of runs.

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