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The drag – eliminating defenders

One elimination skill that is easy to use and one that you can use a lot in the game is the simple dummy. When you’re doing the dummy what you want to do is take the defender to one side, usually their forehand side then make a loop around the ball and take it right as quick as you can to accelerate over their backstick, in a move that is really great when the defender is about to make a block tackle with their forehand, use your forehand to lift the ball over their stick.

When you approach the defender and you see that their forehand tackle is about to come, you pull the ball into your own feet and from here you lift it over their stick, especially if you’re a striker, the 3d air dribble is a really important skill to learn. What you want to do is when you arrive to the defender, you lift the ball in the air and then you change the direction of the ball when it is in the air.

When you want to change direction, let the defender think you’re going one way, you use the forehand spin to go the other. You move towards the defender, to make the defender think you’re going over the forehand side, place your right foot nice and strong and then in the hook of your stick turn the ball around and accelerate on the right.