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Zig-zag Passing

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing.

Purpose

A drill requiring sharp reflexes and lots of passing.

Difficulty

Basic

Players

8⁺

Balls

2⁺

Cones

Setup
A player stands on every cone from (2-7), the remainder line-up behind (1)
Step 1
Player (1) passes to (2), then runs to join (2)
Step 2
Player on (2) passes to (3), joins (3)
Step 3
Once the ball reaches cone (4), next (1) can start.
Step 4
Both balls continues to zig-zag down the line until one reaches the player on (7)
Step 5
The player on (7) must return to (1) with the ball, but along the way, perform 2 x double plays with (5 & 3) respectively, before passing to next (1) without a ball.

(5 & 3) must be super-alert, as they receive balls from in-front AND behind.
Step 6
Progress by using different types of passes from one of the lines (e.g. 2+4+6 use overhead/reverse shoulder pass)