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Football: Target Passing - Long Balls

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How accurate are your players long passes? This fun drill lets you find out.

Like on an archery board have different target zones - a central 'bull's eye' and then two outer targets.

From one side of the pitch to the other players take it in turns to have 4 consecutive cross-field passes, all the time trying to get the ball to land inside the 'bull's eye'.

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You can change the distance of the long pass depending on the age and ability of your players.

It can also be fun to award points to make this drill into a scoring game. 10 points for a direct hit, 8 points for the next zone and 6 for the outer zone (marked here by yellow cones).

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Switching the play:

Players work in groups of 4 (see progression).

Player 1 starts with the ball then passes out wide. Player 2 receives the ball dribbles forward then checks back and plays the ball to player 1 who switches the ball to player 3.

Keep repeating this sequence.

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The Diagonal Pass:

Players work in pairs, with one ball per pair.
The first player makes a square pass across the grid to their partner before running onto the cone ahead.
Their partner then plays a pass diagonally across the grid back to their partner who is looking to run onto the ball.
The player who started the drill then plays square across the grid again to their partner running onto the ball.
The players work their way up to the top of the grid.

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1, 2, 3 Pass and Move:

There are two triangles in this drill, both using the same top point player (player 5).

Players in the top triangle pass in an anti-clockwise direction and players in the lower triangle pass in a clock-wise direction.

Both pairs of players must use the middle player as their third passing option.

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One Two Combination:

Place 4 goals at the corners of the fields.
3 players per side.
Players must one-two combine, before putting the ball through the goal.
No more than 2 touches before passing through the goal.

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