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Ball control, Passing. About 8 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
First touch, then pass
  1. On your toes. Look over your shoulder.
  2. First touch across the body, out of your feet.
  3. Plant the standing foot beside the ball.
  4. Inside of the foot, ankle locked, follow through.
How it is set up

Setup. Keeper in front of goal. One server wide left and one wide right, 12 metres away. A presser starts 10 metres out in the middle.

How it runs. Server one passes in. Keeper opens up, takes the first touch across the body with the back foot and passes to server two with the other foot. Ball comes back and goes the other way. The presser jogs in to hurry the touch. 60 seconds, then everyone moves on one position.

Coaching points

  1. Look before it arrives. Check the shoulder so you know where the presser is.
  2. Receive on the back foot with the body open to the whole pitch.
  3. First touch a yard out of your feet, away from the pressure.
  4. Inside of the foot, ankle locked, follow through at the target. Left to right, then right to left.

Make it harder. Presser goes at half pace for real. Keeper may go back to the same side if the switch is shut. One touch when it is on.

With 4 keepers. Keeper, two servers and the presser. Nobody waits.