Three players make a triangle while another joins one of the corners with a ball.
The player passes the ball to another corner of the triangle before following the pass and standing behind the receiver, who continues the drill.
In this drill players develop endurance while passing for 5-10 minutes with no stoppage.
To involve more speed there might be more players in corners and their task would be to pass and run around the whole triangle and return to start posiiton and get ready for next pass.
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