Plac a receiving player in each zone. The rest of the squad is placed on the 4 corners. The drill will work continously and can be longated to incorporate longer running/dribbling/passing. Start as shown at the botton right. First pass in to central player and out to the left. The 3 rd pass is forward to the high receiver who will relay the ball to the advancing first player. He can pass or dribble at speed to the top line. The receiving top player restarts with a square pass to his right and the exercise is done in reverse. The bottom left player will make his way to the top end after playing the forward pass.
Again quality of passing, good first touch from receivers. Timing of the forward runs from the advancing wide players. Make sure the ball is delivered back at an angle and that the wide players don't get in front of the ball and let the flow break down. Progress when the exercise is working to one touch.
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