Rapid movements and passes
- Markers
- Balls
- Playing area: 10x20 meters
- Players: 5
- Duration: 8 minutes
- Series: 4 series of 1 minute and 30 seconds with 30 seconds of passive recovery
Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Exercise to train technique in passing with rapid exchanges |
Inside of the foot, First touch, Oriented control, Warm up |
Place a starting marker on both of the short sided of the field. Split the team into 2 equal groups (A and B) and arrange them in lines at the starting markers. The first player of A group starts with aball. Arrange 3 players on the middle of the field (as shown in the figure).
- The aim of the exercise is to move the ball as quickly as possible from group A to group B passing by the 3 players at the centre
- The first player of group A passes the ball to one of the three players at the centre
- The other two players at the centre have to move showing for the pass
- All three players are forced to touch the ball before passing to the first player of group B
- Players at the centre who didn't get the ball by player A, can perform the proper movement without ball to make the ball get to player B as fast as possible
- Player B, once received the pass, waits for the three players at the centre moving back into positions, then starts again the exercise
- After 4 series replace players at the centre
Example
Exercise development:
- Player A passes the ball to C
- Player C performs an oriented control and passes to D who moved to D1
- Player D passes the ball on first intention to E who moved to E1
- Player E closes the exercise passing the ball to the first player of group B
- The coach decides the movements of the three players
- Focus on the distance and direction of the supporting foot during the pass
- Players after passing have to complete the gesture bay accompanying the ball trajectory with the legs movement
- Keep the ankle firm while touching the ball focusing on the impact point of the foot
- Reduce time between controll and pass
- Pass with the proper intensity