Soccer-Laduma, September 3 2008 Celebrating 11 years of passion

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LESSON XX XX

56 Passing Drill X X

This week Ajax Cape Towns Craig Rosslee shows us a

50m
drill for your team to practise their passing over various
distances. The idea is for the players to pass and move
off the ball to create a triangle when practising this drill. It
also makes the players support each other and learn to X
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anticipate the next pass. XX 50m
A

Xi Xiii XX
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Franklyn Cale
Organizing the drill:
Diagram A
Divide the players into four groups, with
three players in each group.
Each group must have one ball.
Practising the drill:
Diagram B
All four groups start the drill at the same
time.
Player xi passes a short pass (approx 5
metres) to player xii, player xii then pass-
es a short pass to player xiii.
Player xi has now run into space to
receive a long pass (approx 20 metres)
from player xiii. This completes the pass-
ing sequence of the drill.
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Diagram C Variation of the drill: XX B
Players must now move and support Make the players pass the ball on the
each other to restart the passing ground and in the air to vary the skill
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sequence of the drill (a short pass fol- required to control the ball in the passing Xiii X
lowed by another short pass and then a sequence.
long pass). Coachs Note: Xii
Player xii now moves towards player xi, Keep the drill moving fairly quickly so
who now has the ball, to receive a short players are moving around in the practice
Xi
pass and he immediately passes back to area all the time. Players must not take
player xi for another short pass. Player xiii more than three touches to receive, con- Xiii
X
now anticipates the long pass and runs trol and pass. XX
into space to receive the long pass from X
Remember that the area will become
XX C
player xi as shown in Diagram C. This crowded with all the groups moving and
completes the passing sequence again. passing in the practice area. Players must
DIAGRAM KEY:
Remember, all groups should be passing be aware of other players while still look-
and moving at the same time in the prac- ing around to receive the pass from their Ball
tice area. own group. Players will develop their spa- Movement of ball
tial awareness by doing this drill. Movement of player
X Players