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Turn and React Pairs

Skills

Vision & Quick Decisions.

Purpose

Work on sharpening skills with this warm up drill which requires the player to handle different incoming passes.

Difficulty

Basic

Groups of

Balls/grp

Cones

Setup
Pair-up and choose worker (A) who stands 2m and facing-away from feeder (B).
Step 1
On 'go!', (A) - who is facing away from (A), turns around quickly and receives (B)'s pass, which can be:-

Low, waist height, or high requiring a jump

Wide but within arm reach, or at the body
Step 2
(A) gathers and chest passes back to (B), then turns back around to face away from them.
Step 3
(B) gradually increases difficulty by passing sooner while (A) is still turning.

(A) needs good peripheral vision

(B) should temper the passes so they are challenging but not impossible to catch
Step 4
Vary the passes to (A) for 30-45 seconds. Swap roles and repeat.