LETS CONTINUE WITH PASSING DRILLS

In the above video titled: ADVANCE PASSING TRIANGLE; this youth football coaching drill works as follows:

1) Mark out a triangle with cones each with a distance of 20 meters between the points.
2) Put 1 player at each point of the triangle with 1 additional player at the starting point (in other words you will have 4 players in total).
3) Player 1 passes to player 2 who passes back to player 1 as player 1 runs to replace 2’s point. Player 1 then passes on the outside to player 2.
4) Player 2 passes to player 3 who passes back to player 2 as player 2 runs to replace player 3’s point. Player 2 then passes outside to player 3.
5) Player 3 then passes to player 4 at the starting point. Player 4 passes back to player 3 who again passes to player 4.
6) The sequence starts again.

 Another really good passing drill is called: DOUBLE BALL PASSING and is done as follows:
1) Set your players up on a starting point in pairs (each player with a partner next to them). Measure a distance from the starting point of 30 meters and mark it with two cones.
2) Each starting pair of players must have a ball.
3) The starting pair will dribble their ball forward and in turn pass their ball to their partner as they move towards the 30 meter mark.
 4) They do the same when coming back to the start.

This youth football coaching drill works well as it forces players to concentrate on their pass, especially in trying to avoid their ball from hitting their partner’s ball when they make the pass. It also forces your players to communicate with each other and avoid passing to opposition players on match days.

 REMEMBER: There are many passing drills that you can practice, but you need to focus on drills that work and not on drills that look good on paper but are very hard to implement. Depending on the age group that you are coaching, complicated drills cause too much confusion and waste precious time. Adopt the “ KISS” principle which is keep it simple stupid. In this way players will learn quickly and implement what you teach them on match days.


Cheers for now.

Mike