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Tell them the following......

Each attack will be up and down, up the left and down the right side of the cones.
Eack attack will see the ball move down the line once.
Run out to far cone and back - 1/2 pace - no forward passes.
Run out to third cone and back - jog - 3/4 pace back.
Run out to second cone and back - fast out - fast back.
Off-load the ball to the next attacking line - they do the same.
That's it, get working.

Refer to the coaching points in order to help your players improve.

COACHING POINTS

Don't feel that your need to focus on all of the following coaching points. Choose the points that take into account your players ability, and your own training and session goals.

Receivers hands should be out in order to present a target.

The ball carriers passing hand should be just over half way down the ball.

The elbow on the passing arm should be raised.

Their fingers should be spread wide, with their hand facing downward. just under the ball.

Their thumb can be facing the target.

The nose of the ball faces the target, with the nose/point of the ball facing up slightly up.

The pass is executed by the passer raising their passing hand towards the target drawing the pass across the body, drawing their hand up and across the ball to create the spin, with the ball rolling off the tips of the fingers.

The opposite hand is the supporting hand.

The ball passing hand follows through with the ball, finishing in the direction of the receiver.

All this said, players may decide that a pin pass is not needed.

Use the correct size of ball for the age group.

Don't increase the distance or speed of the pass until players can consistently execute a steady pass over a shorter distance.

Make sure that players develop their ability to spin off both hands.

The receivers hands should be out, and they should be calling for the ball.

Players vary their attacking foot speed.

Attacker communicate in order to highlight.....

The pace of the attack, the distance between attackers, the location of the receiver, the type of pass required etc.

Attackers come onto the ball at pace.

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Defender - Round and Realign:

Tell your players the following......

There will be one ball to each group, any player can be the ball carrier.
Each group will have one defender, the defenfer will not have to go around the cone.
On GO, the group moves towards the closest cone.At the cone, the players spread out and attack the line at pace and with width.
They should realign following the attack left, to attack again right.
When the second groups sees the first group complete their first set of passes, they should begin without waiting.
The defender should swap with another player in their group.

Variations:

Make the training area small to force quick hands.
Make the training area wider to increase the length of the pass.
Allow players to be creative in attack.

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Simple Passing Exercise:

Tell your players the follow.....

The first two players at each coach will advance, attacking the cone to their left, in the middle of the training area.
The players should split as they run, increasing the distance between them.
When they get as far as the middle cone, they should then pass.
The reciever then passes to the first reciever on the cone they are approaching.

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Beat the defence:

Offensive players (blue), line out in one deep line while the defence (red) line up opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player from the player that they are marking.

The offence will attempt to pass the ball across the line at speed.

Defenders will move up to stop them but do not tackle, simply press. This teachers the attackers to pass under pressure, as they try to pass across the line without making any mistakes.

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Split with Trailer:

Tell your players the following......

Player A passes to D and cuts - not getting ball back , but holding up - B cuts and receives the ball off D, then turns it back inside to C, who passes to A to score out wide on Right.
Players change position after each attack, the static player will be a runner in the next attack.

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