Technical drill for passing, receiving, dribbling, and finishing
Goal:
Equipment
- 1 marker
- 4 mannequins (or 8 poles)
- 2 mini goals (or 4 cones)
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 25x25 meters / 27x27 yds
- Players: 6+
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 3 of 4 minutes each with 1 minute of recovery between sets
Summary
Technical circuit in the shape of a diamond designed for the “cut” movement for finishingSecondary Objectives
Support, Passing, Shooting, Receiving to turn, Reaction time, Communication, Timing, Pass, Oriented control, Losing your marker, Pass, Shooting, Cut, Countermovement (checking in), Losing your marker, CommunicationOrganization
Inside the playing area, create a diamond-shaped technical station with a diagonal of approximately 20 meters/22 yards. Place three mannequins on three corners; a fourth one should be placed in the center of the diamond (if mannequins are not available, use four pairs of crossed poles). Place a marker on the corner of the diamond that represents the starting point of the passing sequences (A). Place two mini goals 10 meters/11 yards to the left and right of the starting marker A (if mini goals are not available, use cones). The goals, 1.5 meters wide, face the mannequins. Two players line up with the ball at the starting point A and four other players near the four mannequins (B, C, D, and D1).
Description
- At the coach's signal, player A passes the ball to B with their back to the central mannequin. B receives the ball after unmarking by moving away from the mannequin (opening)
- Player B, after controlling the ball to move vertically, passes to C, who receives the ball after a long-short countermovement behind his reference mannequin, diagonally to B
- Player C controls the ball in the direction of D
- Player D, after a countermovement outside-inside, makes a “cut” run to receive the ball in the space in front of or behind the mannequin. C passes the ball to D. After controlling the ball, D shoots at the mini goal in front of him, recovers the ball, and returns to the line (precision shot)
- Next, player A (who has taken B's place) opens up on the opposite side, passing the ball diagonally to B (who has taken C's place), who will finish with an assist for teammate D1, who will shoot at the opposite goal (reverse chain)
Rules
- The exercise is a play and follow. The players move positions according to the sequences A-B-C-D and A-B-C-D1 alternately
- The passing sequences develop in reverse order to reach the conclusion alternately in the goal on the right and in the one on the left of the starting marker
Variations
- Perform all types of oriented control alternating both feet: weak foot and strong foot
- Control the ball with one foot and pass it with the other
- Perform the exercise in the form of an individual competition
- By increasing the distances, the pass from C to D can be made with an aerial trajectory
- B returns the ball with a pass to A after a “man” call, and A passes the ball to C behind the marker (a flank play between A and B)
- Player D receives the ball in space after making a pass to C, who called “man” (code for passing the ball and attacking the depth)
- Player D lowers himself and receives the ball at his feet with an approaching movement; the space behind the outer mannequin is attacked by C with an external or internal overlapping movement to his teammate
- Force player D to kick into the goal one-touch
Coaching Points
- Check the positioning of the player who is about to receive the ball
- Pay attention to the timing of the movement and the space to attack when making a “cut” run from position D
- The first ball control should be in the direction you want to go
- Encourage players to perform the exercise at a fast pace
- Respect the timing of the game without starting too early or too late
- Speed and intensity of ball transmission
- There should be little time between control and pass
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