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Objective of the Practice:
This practice is designed to improve Marking and finding space, Switching the direction of the play, Direct return passes and Integration of a key midfield player.
Field Preparation:
 Area half field. 11 players. Supply of balls. Cones. Colored bibs.
Coaching Points:
The idea here is to make use of a key player who directs the team on the pitch. He is usually a midfield player but may sometimes be a libero, and he dictates the exercise by serving his partners with passes which may be short
or long, powerful or subtle, along the ground or through the air. Once he has made his pass, he then takes up a position where he can always be found by his colleagues, and when he receives the ball back again he tries to change the direction of the play by hitting a long pass across to the other side of the pitch.
Method
Five players against five opponents. One neutral player takes the key role, playing with the side which has the ball, who then use their numerical superiority to vary their game and use more different passing movements.
Variations
- Five pairs of players mark each other individually.
- Every third pass has to be played back to the key player.
- The key player can only touch the ball three times.
- The key player has to play the ball first time.
- The neutral player can be a goalkeeper who can use his hands to throw the ball back to a partner to start a new movement.
- This type of exercise can also be played with 2+1, 3:3+1 or 4:4+1.
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