When you watch the best teams and hear the crowd chanting Ole for every completed pass you can almost see the frustration in their opponents as they're unable to regain the ball and are forced to chase around the field - tiring themselves out in the process!
To get your team playing confident Ole-passing football to frustrate their opponents this Sportplan session works on your players' control, passing consistency and power.
All the exercises in this session can be used by players of all abilities, you can choose to challenge more experienced players by increasing the passing distance, increasing the element of accuracy required or by reducing the sizes of the passing gates.
Watch your players carve through oppositions in the next match, with their new passing confidence and incorporate these drills into your pre-match warm up routine.
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