Try to move the ball quickly, using a maximum of one or two touches. Try to get players to use one touch passing and only to depend on a second touch when they have to control a poor pass. When we make the pass between the lines to the attackers it should be a firm pass. Players should learn when to control the ball and slow the play down and when to play one-touch to speed the play up.

Timing of the pass is key to how the player receives the ball whether a through ball for the player to run on to or a switch of play. Speed of play is important for receiving and passing. Good passing helps players to control the ball and make decisions easier,

Keep Ball in Sixes

Difficulty

Written by Dave Clarke

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Keeping the ball in teams of six is a much harder form of playing in Rondos to keep possession – here it is using 6 plus 6 neutrals v 6 pressers.

Coaching Objectives

There are a lot of passing options in this game so decision making is key and chosing the right options can be difficult so coach players to make the right ones.

Normal game 6v6 with one team on the outside for the players in possession.

Drill Setup

15 Mins
18 Players
2 Goals
10 Bibs
36 x 44 y

What the Players Do

The team outside the area are two-touch but the two next to the goal are one-touch. Play starts with the keeper passing to a team mate who must pass to a player on the outside. Both teams react to the…

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