Awareness, Passing, and Receiving

Develop players’ ability to scan, communicate, and make quick passing decisions under light pressure by identifying teammates across zones.

• Set up a square divided into four zones • Each player belongs to a coloured team (red, yellow, green, blue etc.) • Each team has players positioned in all four zones • The objective is to pass to a teammate of the same colour but in a different zone • Players should move into space after each pass to remain an option • Start with one ball per colour and add more as the practice develops • Begin with basic conditions and add progressions gradually ('drip feed') • If you have more than 16 players, the excess players can stand in the middle of the square and do skills (toe-taps, inside taps, etc.) for 30 seconds before rotating in