In this drill, you can use the technique of both passings chest pass and bounce pass.
The players all stand in a circle, pass the ball to opposite players (F to F) then follow they pass, this is a quick game.
I'd start with doing one pass at the beginning eg, chest pass. then swap to bounce pass then both.
A few rules you can include:
No passing to the player next to you.
Make sure all players get a pass.
Can't do the same pass in a row for would be (chest pass, bounce pass, chest pass) and can make someone do a fortit if they make a mistake, making it into a bit of compeition.
Make sure players are spread out
Add in two balls if things become easy
Incourage players and praise them
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