Two Square Pass and Intercept

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves, Vision & Quick Decisions.

Purpose

Players need to work hard to defend even when puffed.

Difficulty

Basic

Groups of

Balls/grp

Cones

Setup
Teams of 2, groups of 4. Opposing pairs confined to a 4m square. Attackers (A) are team mates, as are defenders (B), although initially (A & B) also work as a team.
Step 1
(A) starts with the ball in the middle of square (1). (A) initiates a double play with (B) on each cone around the square.

(B) can visit the cones in any order - however as the next step is to defend (A), visit a cone common to the 2 squares last
Step 2
Once (A) has performed 4 x double plays with (B), they are now clear to pass to their team mate (A) in the other square. Both (B)'s defend.
Step 3
(A) passes to other (A) who must catch within the confines of the square, while both defenders (B) attempt to intercept

Use preliminary moves such as dodges to find space

If an intercept is effected, give ball to (A) in 2nd square and continue
Step 4
Repeat back the other way, (A) is still the attacking team.
Step 5
After both (A)'s have had a turn passing in the middle, swap defenders and attackers and repeat both ways.