Intersecting Lanes with Pressure

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves.

Purpose

A passing drill which requires peripheral vision to see the players around them

Difficulty

Medium

Players

10⁺

Balls

Cones

Opp. tops

Visible opposition strip: 2

Setup
Even numbers behind 4 stations at a 10m diamond - use centre third to mark length.
Step 1
On 'go!' both (A & C) start together:-

(A) passes (B) who is making an intersecting run across the diamond; (C) passes to (D) who does the same

(B & D) need to be aware of staying left of approaching player to avoid a head-on collision

After passing , all players move to the station they passed to, e.g. (A to B), (B to C).
Step 2
(B & D) catch, land and pass to the station directly ahead

(B to next D), and (D to next B)

Try to keep in sync by leading at the same time
Step 3
Now work back the other way:- (B) passes to intersecting (C), (D) to intersecting (A)
Step 4
The loop finished with both (C & A) catching and passing to the station directly ahead

(C to next A), and (A to next C)
Step 5
You can reverse the flow of play after a while to keep players alert.
Step 6
After several minutes, introduce a defenders (E & F) who stand in front of (A & C) respectively

These defenders pressure the passer and intercept if they are quick enough to get a hand on the ball

Extra effort will need to go into keeping the 2 balls in sync - hold the ball briefly if necessary.