Passing and receiving - AFC Ajax

Goal:

Passing

Soccer Technique

Equipment

5 cones
1 marker
1 ball

Preparation

Playing area: 15x45 meters
Players: 3
Duration: 12 minutes
Series: 3 series of 3 minutes with a 1 minute pause of passive recovery

Summary

Useful exercise to train pass, oriented control and dribbling with an aerobic component

Secondary Objectives

Receiving to turn, Aerobic capacity, Aerobic capacity, Pass, Inside of the foot, Instep, Oriented control

Organization

Place 2 cones leaving 3 meters between them and in front of them place another cone at about 20 meters. Sideways to the cone at a distance of 20 meters, place 2 cones and leave 3 meters between them. In front of the last pair of cones mentioned place a marker at about 40 meters. The 3 players go close to the 3 stations created with the cones (See picture). Player A starts the game, give him a ball.

Description

Player A dribbling in speed towards B
A passes the ball to B
B does an oriented control and passes the ball to the movement of A1, closing that way the triangulation
Player A passes the ball to C, while B goes to B1
C does an oriented control and dribbling in speed toward C1, turning around on the marker, while A gets closer to the central cone on A2.

The exercise is repeated during the whole series

Rules

Passes must be executed with the inner part of the foot

Variations

Impose on the players that they have to dribbling with just a single part of the foot (Inner or outer)
Impose on the players that they have to dribbling with their weak foot
Passes must be executed with the instep

Coaching Points

Keep a high rhythm during the whole exercise, activating that way the aerobic component
The foot must be slightly relaxed, to be able to amortize the impact of the ball and execute a better oriented control
Remind players that the movement with the body, after the oriented control must be done to protect the ball from a possible opponent
During the pass, the player must close the skill after hitting the ball accompanying its track with the movement of the leg

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