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Tell your players the following......

There will be one ball to each group, any player can be the ball carrier.
On GO, the group moves towards the closest cone.At the cone, the players spread out and attack the line at pace and with width.
They should realign following the attack left, to attack again right.
When the second groups sees the first group complete their first set of passes, they should begin without waiting.

COACHING POINTS

Don't feel that you have to focus on all of the following coaching points, you may have your own. Select the points that most closely match your overall training and session goals.

Players should work to keep the tempo of the session high.

Receivers hands should be out, presenting a target.

Ball carriers carry the ball in two hands.

The pass is weighted in terms of distance, speed, and accuracy.

The pass is only complete when caught.

Players do not spin the ball over short distances and their pass should be sympathetic to the receiver.

Ball carriers pass to where the receiver is going to be, not where they are.

Ball carriers provide a flat ball or a ball that the receiver can run onto.

The receiver attacks at pace, receiving the ball while moving forward at pace.

Players demonstrate good communication . Communication should be efficient, effective, and encouraging. Receivers should identify themselves, their location etc. Ball carriers should verbally seek out support.

Mistakes will be made, allow your players the freedom to make mistakes without feeling a failure.

Passing should be off both hands. There is no weak or strong hand, just hands that need a little more work. Work is the key, not talent.

Attackers spread to attack with width.

Passers realign to provide further attacking options.

Players are creative in attack e.g. looping, miss passes etc.

PROGRESSION

Make the training area small to force quick hands.
Make the training area wider to increase the length of the pass.
Allow players to be creative in attack.

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Defender - Round and Realign:

Tell your players the following......

There will be one ball to each group, any player can be the ball carrier.
Each group will have one defender, the defenfer will not have to go around the cone.
On GO, the group moves towards the closest cone.At the cone, the players spread out and attack the line at pace and with width.
They should realign following the attack left, to attack again right.
When the second groups sees the first group complete their first set of passes, they should begin without waiting.
The defender should swap with another player in their group.

Variations:

Make the training area small to force quick hands.
Make the training area wider to increase the length of the pass.
Allow players to be creative in attack.

Passing

Beat the defence:

Offensive players (blue), line out in one deep line while the defence (red) line up opposite in a straight line, slightly inside player from the player that they are marking.

The offence will attempt to pass the ball across the line at speed.

Defenders will move up to stop them but do not tackle, simply press. This teachers the attackers to pass under pressure, as they try to pass across the line without making any mistakes.

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Quick Hands:

Tell your players the following.....
The first player runs out with the ball to the first set of cones and passes the ball to the second player.
The second player then runs out to the next set of cones and passes the ball to the third player, who runs out to the next set of cones.
In the last area of cones, the ball has to be passed quickly amongst all the players.

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Pressure Cooker:

4 players stand on the middle cones in the grid, avoiding the corner cones. The 2 players at the top and the bottom of the grid will have a ball. The players on the sides of the grid will have one ball between them.
The 5th player will be the ball carrier.
The ball carrier starts at the top of the grid facing the bottom. Moving forward they will take a pass off one of the middle players and pass the ball onto the other middle player. They will then collect a pass off the player in front of them, before popping the ball back to them. They will then turn and once again collect a pass off one of the middle players before moving it on to the other middle player. They then take a pass off the top player before popping it back and starting the exercise again.
They keep going until told to switch with another player.
The player in the middle can turn and flick the ball to the static players at the top and bottom of the grid, as well as popping the ball.

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