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LOGINShort to long passing
An activity to improve your players’ passing on the run, support play and various lengths of pass as they realign and move forward.
WHY USE IT
Encourages players to be confident to give different types of passes and also be in position to receive passes.
set up
A 10m x 3m channel, leading into a 10m square, funnelling into a 5m square.
HOW TO PLAY
Put four players along the first 10m channel, pop passing and running onto the ball at pace (see first illustration). When they reach the 10m square, the ball carrier accelerates and the others fan out to fill the width. The ball is passed at pace along the line and the last player accelerates towards the 5m square (see illustration 2). The other players file in behind, using pop passes to the end of the square (see illustration 3).
Run the exercise unopposed until the players can execute it at pace, then add in defenders as a development. Swap the boxes around, so players work on passing in the other direction in the middle box.
Coaching points
- Run on to the ball at pace.
- Give sympathetic passes. Pop passes are floated into space off the fingertips.
- Players must support their passes and communicate with the ball carrier.
1. Players pop pass in the 10m x 3m channel
2. They move towards the end of the channel that leads into the next section (see below)
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3. The second section is a 10m square divided into three channels. Players fan out into the channels and pass at pace down the line
4. The end player takes the ball into the final section (see below)
5. The final section is a 5m square
6. Players file in behind the ball carrier and pop pass to the end of the square
Dan Cottrell
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