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There will be one ball carrier at any one time.
They will run around the circle, passing the ball.
The ball must be handled by all players, so players work to identify themselves as needing the ball.
The ball cannot be passed to the person beside the carrier, but backwards passes are allowed.

The coach can change the direction of the players running and ask them to do things e.g. touch the ground with your right hand, touch the ground with your left hand, jump up and clap etc.

COACHING POINTS

Don't feel that you have to focus on all of the following coaching points, you may have your own. Select the points that most closely match your overall training and session goals.

Players should aim to keep the ball moving, catch and pass right away.
Passers do not spin the ball when there is no need to.
Passes should be weighted in terms of distance, accuracy, and speed.
A pass is only complete when caught.
The receivers hands should be out.
Both the ball carrier and receiver should communicate to highlight availability, distance, location, and the timing of the pass.
Communication should be encouraging, effective, and efficient.
Players should not view mistakes as failures, simply part of the learning process.
Differentiate your groups and allocate control tasks appropriate to the groups ability level. Every group should feel stretched but should experience success.
Players can develop their passing distance by increasing the distance they bring the ball back, by flicking their wrists, by spinning the ball to cut through the air quicker, by working to make sure that the release point from the hands is when the ball is traveling fastest, and by relaxing a little and not trying to force the pass.
Players hold onto the ball for no more than 3 second, scanning the group for options early.
The pass is to where the player is going to be, not to where they are.
Players respond quickly to coaches instructions.
Have fun, remember build your player confidence!

Note: You can change this game a little by telling players the can only pass to a player who has their hands out, if a player has already received and made a pass - they should not put their hands out. This will force the ball carrier to scan for options (just 3 seconds). The group will need to reset when all the options are gone.

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Fitness and Handling Skills - Refresher Session

Work on their speed and stamina in this passing and receiving recap session - designed to get your players spreading their fingers for maximum passing control

OFTEN USED WITH...

Passing circle:

Tell your players the following.....

There will be 4 players on the outside of the circle, starting at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions.
There will be one player in the middle.
The players on the outside of the circle jog around the circle.
The player in the middle will have a ball, and will pass the ball to one of the runners - for them to run onto it.
The new ball carrier will pass the ball back to the static player in the middle of the circle.
And the same happens again, but the passer cannot bass to the same player twice.
Players will have to respond to the calls: SLOW JOG, FAST JOG, FASTER, CHANGE DIRECTION, TOUCH THE GROUD WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND, TOUCH THE GROUND WITH YOUR LEFT HAND, etc.

Don't forget to change the static player.

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Pressure Cooker:

4 players stand on the middle cones in the grid, avoiding the corner cones. The 2 players at the top and the bottom of the grid will have a ball. The players on the sides of the grid will have one ball between them.
The 5th player will be the ball carrier.
The ball carrier starts at the top of the grid facing the bottom. Moving forward they will take a pass off one of the middle players and pass the ball onto the other middle player. They will then collect a pass off the player in front of them, before popping the ball back to them. They will then turn and once again collect a pass off one of the middle players before moving it on to the other middle player. They then take a pass off the top player before popping it back and starting the exercise again.
They keep going until told to switch with another player.
The player in the middle can turn and flick the ball to the static players at the top and bottom of the grid, as well as popping the ball.

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Drop Off:

4 cones with 2 balls.

Players start running at the same time and when the meet in the middle, the blue players give a drop off pass to the red player before both continuing their run to the opposite end to which they started.

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Heads up Passing:

Tell the players the following:

Lets just get the ball moving down the line. Give the player at the start of one of the lines a ball, tell the line to advance using lateral passing - with the last player in each line passing the ball to the first player in the opposite line.
Players should change positions in the line following each attack.
Focus on the coaching points - the drill is only a means to an end. No spin passing.
When you feel that the players are executing the short pass to your satisfaction - add in more pressure by have two opposite lines run at once.
Once the teams have master that - lets get all four units running at one. The firt two groups go, when they each the mid-way point - the second two groups go. This will mean that all four gourps will be working at one.
The groups keep moving unit you tell them to stop.
Devlop this by alowing players to attack and be creative in their attack e.g. loop, M1, etc.
There will be lots of traffic, they need to stay on their toes and work hard to keep the attack and the ball alive.

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