Thu Oct 15 · field card · passing warm-up

Y Passing Drill

Five variations. Pass, follow your pass. Clean touch, right foot, talk.

0:00Set the Y
0:03V1 Pass & follow
0:07V2 Give-and-go
0:11V3 Through ball
0:15V4 Double give-and-go
0:19V5 Continuous

Setup

Four cones. One Y.

Start cone at the bottom with the balls and a short line. Middle cone about 10 yards up is the fork. Two top cones about 10 yards out, one left, one right. One player on every cone. 5 or more players. Go left, then right, every rep.

PassRunDribbleBallNumbers = order

V1 · pass and follow

Pass. Follow it.

1 Start to Middle. 2 Middle to Top. Start runs to the middle cone. Middle runs to the top cone. Top dribbles back to the start line.

PassRunDribbleBallNumbers = order

“Pass it. Follow it.”

V2 · give-and-go at the start

Back to you.

1 Start to Middle. 2 Middle one-touches it back to Start, who stepped forward. 3 Start plays it to Top. Same rotation: follow your pass.

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“One touch back.”

V3 · through ball at the end

Play her into space.

1 Start to Middle. 2 Middle to Top. 3 Top plays it back to Middle. 4 Middle plays it ahead of Top, into space. Top runs onto it and dribbles back.

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“In front of her, not at her.”

V4 · double give-and-go

Both together.

V2 plus V3. Start and Middle give-and-go, Start to Top, Top back to Middle, Middle plays the through ball. Follow your pass.

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“Talk! Call her name.”

V5 · challenge · continuous

Keep it moving.

Simple version for us. Start to Middle, Middle to Top Left, Top Left passes across to Top Right. Everyone follows her pass one cone along. Top Right dribbles down the sideline back to the start line. Next ball goes as soon as the middle is filled. Then flip it: start the pattern to the right.

PassRunDribbleBallNumbers = order

“Next ball! Keep it moving.”

Coaching points

Quality first. Then speed.

Clean first touch, out of your feet. Pass to the correct foot, the one farther from the passer. Call for it. Follow your pass every time. Slow and clean first. When it is clean, add speed.

FirstClean.

ThenFast.

Shout card

What to say.

Every pass: Pass it. Follow it.
Receiving: Far foot. Clean touch.
Calling: Talk! Call her name.
Give-and-go: One touch back.
Through ball: In front of her, not at her.
Speed: Clean first. Then fast.

Switch sides every rep. Rotate so everyone plays every cone.