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Diamond pass and follow

Four players on the points of a diamond pass the ball round and follow their pass to the next cone. A simple pattern for weight of pass and body shape.

Description

Players stand on the four cones of a diamond. Each player passes to the next cone and then follows the pass to take that place. Change the direction every two minutes.

Organisation

Four cones in a diamond, 10m from the centre. Two players start at the first cone, one player at each other cone. Progressions: pass and set back, a give-and-go at each cone, or an overlap at the middle cones.

Coaching points

  • Open your body to the next cone before the ball arrives.
  • Receive on the back foot. Use the right foot going anticlockwise and the left foot going clockwise.
  • Two touches: one to control, one to pass.
  • Pass firmly along the ground into the front foot of the next player.