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words, instead of spending 5 minutes on dribbling, 5
minutes on passing, 5 minutes on defense. Use
progressions to slowly and thoroughly develop a skill
or theme for your practice.
Here is an example if passing
is the skill a team needs most.
The example
below uses 5 progressions, you may decide in some
practice sessions to use only 3, some may use 6-7.
Start the practice with a warm
up that
uses passing to get the kids running.
Once players are warmed up, work on throwing technique with no
pressure (example-
players pair up and pass back and forth to each other
focusing on technique).
Next, add some non-defensive pressure.
It could be a throwing relay race or maybe throwing
against the clock.
Then add some defensive
pressure in
a small sided game. Use games or drills that will
insure some passing success.
Example: “monkey in the middle”. 4 passers against
1 defender.
Then progress to a 2v2 ,3v3, or 4v4 small sided game
with full
pressure.
Lastly, progress to a large
sided game with goals.
Finish with a warm
down.
After this practice, passing
skills are bound to improve. Use the next regular
season game to identify another weak area and do it
all over again.
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