Pass and move By David Clarke

Pass and move

By David Clarke

This is a great passing and moving drill to end the year and give you a boost to hit January running.

How to play it

. Set up as shown in the pictures above.

Racing pairs

. The first drill is performed without a ball - a player from each team sprints from A to B. Players touch the cone at B and sprint diagonally to either cone C or D, touch that, then race back to the start (see top picture).

. As soon as the first working player touches cone B, the next man in line starts his run.
. Play for five minutes.

Solo pass and receive

. Now we add a ball, while servers are placed two yards either side of cone B (see middle picture).

. This time only one player works at a time. From cone A he passes to either of the servers, before sprinting to B where he receives a return pass back.

. He then sprints to C or D before dribbling back to the start.

. Rotate players every three minutes.

Link and follow

. This time, we place a player on cones A and B, and two players on C and D (see bottom picture).

. The player at A passes to B, follows his pass and stops at the cone. The player at B turns to his right with the ball, dribbles for a short distance then passes to the player at C.

. This man receives the pass, dribbles to cone A, and begins the move again.

. The player at B this time alternates the turn and heads for D.