Moving the ball from horizontal passing to vertical passing Follow your pass Understand the relevance of positions Working on the movement of the ball: Focus on passing Focus on receiving First touch to move its direction, choice of pass?! Speed is key... Standing square on to pass - ball coming across your body
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