| Drill 1 - Two Player Relay Pants |
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Warm Up:
Refer to the “Warm Up” section for a variety of fun warm up activities for your team. Use a combination of exercises “with” and “without” the ball. Relate the warm up to the skill of the day. Be creative, energetic, and make the
warm-up a fun start to the practice session.
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Objective of the Practice:
This practice is designed to improve the technical ability of the “Push Pass” with an emphasis on “Pace and accuracy”.
Field Preparation:
 Area 10 x 10 yards. Three players. One ball, Four cones.
Coaching Points:
Two players are positioned at one side of a grid, 10 yards x 10 yards. The players receive the ball from the server. The receiving player must pass the ball back to the server "first time" and only scores a point for each pass back
on the ground to the servers feet. After each pass the receiver must return to their starting position.
The server should pass the ball approximately 5 yards. If the server passes the ball too far the receiving player will not come to meet the ball. With a correctly weighted pass the receiving player is always be encouraged to come
and meet the ball.
The coach should emphasize correct technique and slowly build up the tempo to game speed. Care must be taken to emphasize quality over speed.
Create a competition between groups. Keep score and award points for the first team to reach 20 good passes or see which team who can perform the most passes in one minute. |
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| Drill 2 - Pass and Run |
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Objective of the Practice:
This practice is designed to improve the correct mechanics involved in the execution of the “Push Pass".
Field Preparation:
Area 10 x 10 yards. Small group of players. 1 ball. Cones.
Coaching Points:
Two groups are positioned at each end of a grid 10 yards x 10 yards. The first player with the ball passes to the player opposite. After passing, the player sprints to the opposite end of the grid and joins the back of the line.
The receiving player repeats to continue the sequence.
The coach should emphasize the following coaching points:
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| Drill 3 - Pass and Overlap |
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Objective of the Practice:
This practice is designed to improve the technical ability of the “Push Pass” with an emphasis on an overlapping
run after making a pass.
Field Preparation:
Area 10 x 20 yards. Small group of players. 1 ball. Cones.
Coaching Points:
Two groups are positioned at opposite sides of the grid. The first player passes the ball through the two center
cones to the player at the opposite side. After passing the ball, the player makes a fast supporting run around the side cone and joins the opposite group.
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| Small-Sided Game (no goalkeepers) |
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Exercise Objectives:
Finish with small sided game 3 v 3 (No Goalkeepers). The practice should be concluded with a small-sided game reinforcing the coaching points from your drills. |
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Field Preparation
Entire Group (split into teams of three or fours)
Area 20 x 20 yards
Use Small Goals, Cones or Flag poles
Supply of Balls
Colored Bibs |
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Coaching Pointers:
- Divide the players into teams of three or fours, no goalkeepers.
- Each field should be approximately 20 yards x 20 yards.
- Use corner flags or cones as goals.
- Small-sided round robin tournaments can be used.
- Every team plays each other.
- Each game 10 minutes in duration.
- Total time, 30 minutes.
- At the end of your session, review all coaching points made during the practice.
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