Group of 4 players with a cone box. 2 are "edge" players, the other 2 are in the box. Warmup: no defender. Players 1 and 3 play wall-passes in turn to player 2. Swap player 2 occasionally. With defender: Players 1 and 3 play wall-passes in turn to player 2. Swap player 2 occasionally. Player 1 passes to player 3 who then tries to turn and pass through to player 2, under pressure from defender. Swap the defender if they intercept, or after [5] wall passes. Progression: Pass-and-move: Passers: you must move left or right before you receive a pass-back. Passers: you must play the wall-pass while moving from the black cone to the red cone (or vice versa). Variations: 5th player: they become a third "edge" player Scoring: Player 3 and defender stay in the middle for 10 passes. Each gets a point every time they make a wall pass or intercept the ball respectively. Then swap those middle players with the outside players.
This activity practices wall passes under pressure. Feedback: What is a wall-pass? Why/how is it useful?
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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