Soccer: Switching the play

How accurate are your players long passes? This fun drill lets you find out.

Like on an archery board have different target zones - a central 'bull's eye' and then two outer targets.

From one side of the pitch to the other players take it in turns to have 4 consecutive cross-field passes, all the time trying to get the ball to land inside the 'bull's eye'.

• Players work in pairs, with one ball per pair.
• The first player makes a square pass across the grid to their partner before running onto the cone ahead.
• Their partner then plays a pass diagonally across the grid back to their partner who is looking to run onto the ball.
• The player who started the drill then plays square across the grid again to their partner running onto the ball.
• The players work their way up to the top of the grid.

set out 2 lines of cones towards the goal.

Players go in pairs 1 ball between them.

player on the right dribbles across the grid with the ball the other player runs round the back and overlaps with this player.

The player on the ball passes the ball to the other player when the player has crossed over to the other side of the grid.

Exercise repeats all the way to the end and one of the players finishes with a shot at goal.

Group in threes. 1 ball per group. Station players as shown in the diagram. Position crab players in the three middle grids.

Standing players combine by dribbling and passing to beat the crab and get a shot on the goal. They must shoot before they reach the shaded area. Rotate positions.

Have the crab player stand up. How many goals can the offensive players score in four attacks?