Propeller Cut and Lead

Focus

Fitness Conditioning.

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Footwork & Agility.

Purpose

Players must work around a course, running in different directions whilst receiving passes and remaining focused on the ball at all times.

Difficulty

Medium

Groups of

Balls/grp

Cones

Setup
For each pair, form a grid using 9 cones, with adjacent cones 3m apart. Pairs choose a feeder (A) and worker (B).
Step 1
(B) completes 4 x mini-triangles. Starting towards the north-east corner and working clockwise:-

(B) runs segment (1) diagonally to the next corner in sequence

At the corner, plant the outer foot and change direction then run outer segment (2)

The third segment sees (B) working back to the centre, which involves a 1-2 pass initiated by (A) in the middle
Step 2
(B) continues in the same fashion around the square.

(B) should never lose sight of (A), therefore must look over their shoulder when running segments (1 & 2)

Perform a compact change of direction on each corner
Step 3
After the first lap, (B) reverses direction and does another lap.
Step 4
Swap (B) and (A), repeat.
Step 5
You have the options to vary intensity:-

Sprint every segment

Divide square into 4 and have 25%-50%-75%-100% intensity corners to build, then recover.
Step 6
Advanced level progression (or start with this, if short of cones): Have 2 pairs working each square, with workers starting towards diagonally opposite corners

2 x feeder (A)'s will be back-to-back

This requires some synchronicity between workers to avoid chaos