PLANNER SEGMENT. Small Group Play.
PYRAMID BLOCK. Receiving & Passing
PURPOSE. To Improve first touch & Passing Accuracy
AGE. U12, U16.
SET UP.
An 18×15 meter grid with a 4-meter gate in the middle.
Two teams at each end of the grid facing each other with a Wall Passer on one side.
One ball.
ACTION
The player with the ball passes to the wall passer who plays it into the middle of the filed and the passer one touches it through the gate and follows his pass as a passive defender.
The receiver on the opposite team passes first touch to the wall passer then goes around the defender to take the Wall
Passerʼs return and pass one touch to the opposite team player.
The sequence continues so that each player plays Wall Passer.
VARIATION 1
The Wall Passer overlaps behind the receiver and receives the next Wall Pass on the other side of the grid. He repeats the overlap on the next pass.
Have players and teams compete for who can complete the most 1 touch passes without break or in a given time.
VARIATION 2
The Wall Passer receives with his back foot (farthest from passer) and continues the overlapping sequence
COACHʼS TIP.
Widen or narrow the gate in the middle to make it easier or harder.
PLAYERʼS TIP.
Wall Passer. Adjust your body position to make it easier to play the wall pass correctly
