PLANNER SEGMENT. Small Group Play.
PYRAMID BLOCK. Receiving & Passing
PURPOSE. To Improve first touch & Passing Accuracy
AGE. U12, U16.
SET UP.
2 20x18m (or other according to number and age of players) grids 10 meters apart.
6 players in the end grids.
The Coach with a supply of balls outside the middle zone.
ACTION
No ball. One Team sends a player to tag an opponent in their zone and then get back as quickly as possible to release a teammate to do the same.
The coach times how long it takes the team to tag all its opponents.
The opponents then become taggers and they are timed against the first team.
COACHʼS TIP.
Count down the clock at the end of each effort.
PLAYERʼS TIP.
Focus on one opponent and stay after him and donʼt be distracted by their team mates.
Sprint back to the team at end of turn.
VARIATION 1
With ball. The Coach passes to the Yellow team who inter pass as quickly as they can while the Red team sends two players (or 1 depending on numbers and size of the area) to try to touch the ball.
When one of the Red players touches the ball or it goes out of bounds they sprint back to their field while the Coach passes a new ball to the Red team and two yellow players sprint to the Red zone to try to get the ball.
The Coach keeps count of team pass totals (or time of possession) with final totals after several games.
VARIATION 2
Every 6 or 10 consecutive passes (depending on numbers of players on teams) counts as a goal.
The first team to ten goals or number the Coach designates wins.
COACHʼS TIP.
Enlarge or shrink the grids to make it easier or harder.
PLAYERʼS TIP.
Move off the ball and call instructions to teammates just as you would in a game.
Try to incorporate surprise moves like takeovers and screen runs in tight situations.
