Pentagon: Pass the ball

Goal

Equipment

5 cones (or 5 markers)
4 balls (3 of one color, 1 of another one)

Preparation

Playing Area: pentagon with sides of 8-10 meters (8-11 yd)
Players: 4
Duration: 15 minutes
Series: 6 of 2 minutes each with 30 seconds of passive recovery inbetween series

Summary	Secondary Objectives
Drill to train passing and receiving the ball to improve the ability to choose space	Receiving, Receiving to turn, Coordination, Awareness, Concentration, Communication, Proprioceptive informations, Anticipation, Visual perception, Peripheral vision, Inside of the foot, First touch, Oriented control, Pass, Communication, External focus

Organization

Using cones, form a pentagon with sides of 8-10 meters. The cones are marked with letters from A to E. Four players go next to four cones; one cone is free (C in the picture). Only one player starts with the ball (E). The other balls will be used in the last three series. The player with the ball has to have a teammate on the right and one on the left.

Description

First three series:
- Player with the ball (E) passes it to B and moves on the free cone C
- B receives the ball, passes it to D and moves on the free cone E and so on... The player with the ball cannot pass it to the teammates on their left or right

Last three series:
- Use four balls: all players have one. Use one colored ball (different from the others)
- The player with the red ball (D) starts passing it to the most distant player (A) and moving on the free cone B
- A quickly passes their own ball to the teammate D on their running line
- A controls the red ball
- A goes on passing the ball to the most distant player C and moves on the free cone D
- C, before receiving the red ball, passe their own ball to A who is running to the free cone, and so on

Rules

Pass the ball using control and pass
Who passes the ball has to move quickly to the free cone
Pass the ball to the most distant player
Vary how players receive the ball (inside of the foot, outside of the foot, sole)
Pass the ball alternating feet

Variations