This practice is designed to improve a players passing ability. The practice is to be used as a warmup drill when the session is structured around passing.
SET UP
-Area: 30 X 20 metres
-Add a number of gates 1-2 metresapart (different colours)
-Split group into pairs
-1 Ball between 2 players
-Players pass through one of the gates to their partner and move to another gate.
METHOD
-Players pass through one of the gates to their partner and move to another gate.
-Players count how many passes they get, make it fun, adjust area if more space and longer passes are required.
NOTES
-Eye on the ball
-Standing foot planted beside ball
-Lock kicking foot
-Strike through middle of ball (kicking foot should follow through to face target).
-Body weight over the ball
-Weight and accuracy of pass