If you can’t see the danger, you can’t protect the ball.
Most players in this situation face the ball up and show it straight to the defender. The minute you do that, he knows exactly where you’re going – and he’s already there. What I’m coaching here is simpler than it looks. Open your hips, open your shoulder. Now you can see the threat. Now you move the ball away from it – not toward it. One small adjustment in body shape changes the whole picture. The defender goes from winning the ball to chasing it.
At EPAC, this is the level of detail we work on in every session.
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