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Passing ยท U9 to adult

Receive across the body (box)

Players on the corners receive with the back foot and pass on to the next corner, opening their body every time. Builds the first touch that lets players play forward.

U9 to adultAges
4 to 8Players
10 x 10 mArea
10 minsTime

Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.

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Set-up

  • A square with a player on each corner (two at the start).
  • Ball starts at one corner.

Equipment: Cones, 1 to 2 balls

How it works

  1. Pass to the next corner and follow.
  2. Receiver lets the ball run across them and touches it on with the back foot.
  3. Pass on with the other foot; change direction every two minutes.

Coaching points

  • Open your hips before the ball arrives.
  • Receive on the back foot, not the front.
  • First touch takes the ball towards the next pass.

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Make it easier

  • Two touches plus a stop

Make it harder

  • Two balls
  • Skip a corner (diagonal pass) on the coach's call

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