Team Warm-Up, Pre Training Preparation
Varied Angle/Distance
Passing and Sprinting Drill
Objective:
Quality passing and movement, and
communication drill.
Coaching Points:
1. Working in pairs, one player on pole 1, and his
partner on pole 2.
Player 1 passes to player 2 and
sprints after his own pass, player 2 stops the ball
and sprints off to
pole 3,and so on all around the
circuit until both players arrive
at the starting
position, then the
players change positions and
repeat.
2. Working in pairs, one player on pole 1, and his
partner on pole 2.
Player 1 passes to player 2 and
sprints after his own pass, player 2 lays the ball
off to one side of
the pole and sprints off to pole
3,and so on all around the circuit
until both
players arrive at the
starting position, then the
players change positions
and repeat.
3. Working in pairs, one player on
pole 1, and his partner on pole 2.
Player 1 sprints with the ball to
pole 2, at the same time player 2 sprints to pole
3,player 1 then
Player 1 passes to player 2 and
sprints after his own pass, player
2 stops the ball
and sprints off to
pole 4, and so on all around the
circuit until both
players arrive at the starting
position, then the
players change positions and
repeat.
4. Working in pairs, one player on
pole 1, and his partner on pole 2.
Player 1 sprints with the ball to
pole 2, at the same time player 2 sprints to pole
3,
player 1 then
Player 1 passes to player 2 and
sprints after his own pass, player 2
lays the ball
off to one side of
the pole and sprints off to pole
4, and so on all
around the circuit until both
players arrive at the
starting position, then the
players change positions and repeat.
This drill can be done in various
ways.
a. Vary
the distances between the poles to give an all
around passing and sprinting effect.
b. Use
the whole pitch to increase the training load,
towards endurance.
c. Use
only the penalty area to increase the demands
towards explosive
short passing movement and
reception.
