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Passing: Timing of Passes Technical Practice

Written by Lee Fletcher

 10 Minutes

 Passing

 attacking

 Ages 9-12

Equipment List
 3 Players
 1 Football
 10 Cones
 32x8 Area
This technical exercise will help your players to identify when to pass and to keep the ball
Key Coaching Points
Positioning - Players to position themselves on different lines vertical as well as horizontally where possible.

Timing of movements - To create good positions players must time their movements to create options in front
and behind

Timing and execution of passes/dribbles - Players to wait and anticipate opportunities to move the ball
forward through passes or dribbles

Set Up
Four 8x8 boxes. 2 x players (Blue 6 and 8) begin on Line 1 with the ball and the 3rd player (Blue 10) begins
on Line 2. There can never be more than 2 players on the same line.

Progression
Make it more challenging:

Challenge players individually


Passing: Timing of Passes Skill Practice
 15 Minutes

 Passing

 attacking

 Ages 9-12

Equipment List
 7 Players
 1 Football
 4 Bibs
 10 Cones
 32x8 Area
This soccer skill exercise will help your players to identify when to pass and to keep the ball
Key Coaching Points
Positioning - Players to position themselves on different lines vertical as well as horizontally where possible.

Timing of movements - To create good positions players must time their movements to create options in front
and behind

Timing and execution of passes/dribbles - Players to wait and anticipate opportunities to move the ball
forward through passes or dribbles

Set Up
Four 8x8 boxes. 2 x players (Blue 6 and 8) begin on Line 1 with the ball and the 3rd player (Blue 10) begins
on Line 2. There can never be more than 2 players on the same line. There is one defender in each square
(Red). Attackers to get to the end with the defenders trying to stop them.

Progression
Make it more challenging:

Challenge players individually


Passing: Timing of Passes Skill Practice 2

 15 Minutes

 Support Play - Att

 attacking

 Ages 9-12

Equipment List
 7 Players
 1 Football
 7 Bibs
 12 Cones
 30x15 Area
This overload soccer drill will allow you to practice La Pausa with progressions.
Key Coaching Points
Dominate 1v1 situations - Players to expose 1v1 situations where possible through effective movement of off
the ball players.

Positioning - Players to position themselves on different lines vertical as well as horizontally where possible
and expose overloads where possible.

Timing and execution of passes/dribbles - Players to wait and anticipate opportunities to move the ball
forward through passes or dribbles

Set Up
Two 15x15 zones. 3 x Attackers (Blue 6, 8 and 10) play against 2 x Defenders (Red 6 and 3). There should
always be minimum of 1 x Attacker in each 15x15 zone, and the Defenders also stay in their designated zone.
Target players (Green 5 and 9) positioned at each end of the area and stay on their designated line.

Blue Team (Attackers): Utilize timing, positioning and execution of passes and dribbling to play through the
zones from one target player to the other.

Red Team (Defenders): If the ball is won, maintain possession and attempt to pass or dribble to Green 5 or
Green 9 to replicate a counter attack in a game.

Green Team (Target Players): Maintain positions with the team in possession with emphasis on taking up
shapes to offer passing options around, ahead and behind the ball.

Progression
Make it Easier

Make the space bigger

Reduce the number of defenders

Make it more challenging:

Reduce size of playing area.

Increase the number of defenders.

Reduce the number of touches (2 touch, 1 touch).

10. Players must look to play to 9 within 5 passes

Progression with gates

And additional Defender (Red 8) and 3 x gates can be added to this practice to further encourage dribbling as a
strategy of La Pausa.
The team in possession can now score extra points by dribbling from zone to zone through the gates as 1 point
is awarded by traveling through the wide gates and 2 points for the central gate.
This encourages players to recognize when to use passing and movements to create the space for the player in
possession to dribble and advance forwards.
Passing: Timing of Passes Small Sided Game
 20 Minutes

 Tactical Play - Att

 attacking

 Ages 9-12

Equipment List
 16 Players
 1 Football
 16 Bibs
 24 Cones
 50x30 Area
This End Zone game will allow your players to put all the drills into practice in a game situation.
Key Coaching Points
Dominate 1v1 situations - Players to expose 1v1 situations by dribbling or protecting the ball where possible
through effective movement of off the ball players, to draw out defenders to create space in behind.

Positioning - Players to position themselves on different lines vertical as well as horizontally where possible
whilst exposing overloads and creating passing lines across, around and behind.

Timing and execution of passes/dribbles - Players to wait and anticipate opportunities to move the ball
forward through passes or dribbles into the final zone to get behind the defensive line.

Set Up
Goal and Goalkeeper at each end and also an end zone 10x35 which is a deep offside line. 2 x teams of 8
players. Both teams cannot pass the offside line until the ball is in the area or is travelling into area.

Teams when in Possession: Use timing, positioning and execution of passes and dribbling to advance up the
pitch and create goal scoring opportunities.

Teams when out of Possession: Prevent the opposition progressing towards goal and recognize opportunities to
press and regain possession.

Progression
Make it Easier

Make the space bigger

Reduce the number of defenders

Make it more challenging:

Reduce size of playing area.

Increase the number of defenders.

Reduce the number of touches (2 touch, 1 touch).

Take out zones

Scenario game

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