Passing Through Hoops

Learning Outcomes

• To improve control and 1st touch
• Quality of 1st touch / soft boot
  Body shape / movement / Speed of play
  Player alert and on their toes
  Player to communicate at all times

Description Of Activity

 

  ACTIVITY PROCEDURES: 

• In a square, have 1 working player and 1 player serving the balls.
• The aim of the drill is for the working player to come towards server and command a ball, the player must then dribble and pass the ball through 2 hurdles and then stop the ball in the opposite marked corner area.
• Continuous practice.
• Working player works with 5 balls then swaps with serving player.

Progressions: 

• Working players to concentrate on the quality of 1st touch in the direction of the first hurdle
• Increase / decrease the size of the area
• Have a competition between the 2 players to see how long it takes them to transfer the balls across the area to the other corner

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

Equipment/Material Required

Marked area, 6 cones, 2 passing hurdles, 5 balls for 2 players