Short Passing Game

Key Objectives

Support your players in keeping possession through short passing

 

Technical/Coaching Points

  • Communication

  • Movement off the ball

  • Moving the ball away from pressure

Organisation

Set up a number of gates on the pitch using cones

Split the players into 2 teams.

 

How to play

A point is scored each time the team in possession successfully manage to play a short pass to a team mate through one of the gates.

If the team out of possession win the ball then they look to pass to team mates through the cones.

 

Progression

If your players find this too easy or too difficult, you could progress the game in the following ways:

  • Alter the number of gates

  • Make the gates bigger or smaller

  • Add multiple balls in play

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