Gonna film 3 point ball protection soon. You might have a small lunge. Work on lunging left and right away from a defender instead of backward. keep your hips near the surface and lunge for distance. I’ll try to get some video for that.

how could a defender counter act this? frontmarking i presume

fronting as long as the other players press the perimeter well. As a defender, you don't want the center to be able to snap directly into your chest. Anticipate the snap, rotate your shoulders and let the snap energy slide across your chest rather than push directly backward. Keep your hands out of the water to show the ref you aren't pulling back.

thanks, looking forward to more videos

I did it wrong for a decade. It's a complex movement. Hard to coach and impossible to practice on land.

as long as you're using the main body and shoulder you'll be fine. don't move the head and don't reach out with the arm above the water

I'm also using the US rule book so consult your regional rules

We don't use "lift" when talking about movements in water anymore. "Compression" and "drag" are appropriate terms and better explain how forces are applied. The video does include the transition to to a vertical lunge so I'm not sure if you got to the part where the bottom leg opens up underneath the body? We've worked on this movement with collegiate and professional players and balance usually isn't an issue after 10-15 reps. This isn't an easy skill but a little bit of practice will improve the motion pretty quickly