Two teams a ball each playing to targets. Once they get to one target they must work to get the ball to the other target. As the player passes to a target they must change over with the target player who comes into play. As below (4) passes to (5) and switches position, already the other players have spread out to attack the other target.

Teams play through each other and must have awareness of where their own players are and where the other team is as they pass through them. Emphasize a good first touch out their feet to set up the next pass or passing first time to a teammate. Always having players realize they must look before they receive the ball.

Ensure as the ball is transferred from one end to the other that all players get a touch on the ball before it gets to the next target.

As the ball is passed to the target and the target player brings the ball out with a good first touch the other players must already be positioning themselves to be in support to transfer the ball to the other target, this means spreading out width wise and length wise to make themselves hard to mark such as in a game. Ensure they don’t turn their backs and run away but keep looking at the ball and open their stance up to receive a pass or at least offer an option. Show the movement across the field as they break out, diagonal runs for example (C & B), no breaking in straight lines and hence easy to mark.

Introduce opposition so the two teams play against each other and make it competitive by keeping score.

Coaching Points:

Look before you receive – where are team mates / other team’s players.
Open body stance – side on to where the ball is coming from.
Check towards the ball – a dummy to fool the defender in a game situation.
If time and space available, let the ball run across the body – switching play without needing to touch the ball. If the space is covered move the ball in another direction with a good first touch.
Pace of the pass – must be such that the player receiving the pass can let the ball run across them and maintain possession of it.
Change direction – switching from one side to the other.

(4) Becomes the new target player with a pass to (5). (5) runs the ball out and (1) and (3) make diagonal runs in front to lose their markers and get free to offer passing options to (5). (2) Runs away from in front of the target to get free to receive a pass, or take defender (B) away from the space (3) is running into. In this situation the best action for (5) is a pass to (3) that can easily score by a pass to the target player (6).