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Soccer: Running and Passing At Speed

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Set up with as shown with eight cones. Four cones on the outside can be any colour, but ensure that two on the inside are one colour, and the other two are a different colour.

Have half of your players with one colour of cones, and the other half at the other end; as shown in diagram, red players are with the red cones, and yellow players with yellow cones.

Players pass to their team mate to the right before sprinting to the next cone of their colour (i.e. red player sprints to next available red cone).
Players who are passing the ball to someone on the opposite colour take two touches, one to control, one to pass, while that person recieving will pass the ball to the next cone with just one touch.

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Important for passes to be quick, and for players to be alert.

Drill can be progressed by making the cones further apart, or by adding another ball at the other end.

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Simple pass and follow:

Set out grids about 5 by 5m.

Player by each cone with 2 players starting on the first cone (could be more depending on numbers). Player with the ball starts by passing the ball to the player on the next cone. (anti clock-wise to start with) with their right foot and controlling the ball with their left foot. after the ball has gone round 2 times switch by passing the ball round clock wise ( with left foot only and control with right foot)

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Roll Passes in 2's:

Set up as shown with gates evenly spread out. 2 players with 1 ball.

The drill starts with 1 player rolling the ball across their body and then passing through the gate to their partner.

They continue rolling and passing from one end to the other.

Players will have to change which foot they roll with and which they pass with depending on which direction they are going.

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Square Ball 2:

Three players stand behind 1 corner of the grid each.Â The ball is played to a player on one of the cones.

The ball cannot be passed diagonally.Â The spare player must move to give the ball carrier a second passing option.

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Roll Passes:

Set up as shown with 2 players with 1 ball working around a small diamond.

The two players pass to each other using the soles of their feet.

One of them can roll the ball across to another side to instigate a movement to change positions.

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