Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Killer Pass Rondo

Killer Pass Rondo

Objective

A warm up practice designed to improve technicalskills, playing the killer pass  andfocus for session ahead

Organisation

• Area: 12 x 12 metres – Size of depends on numbers
• 8 v 2, 7 v 2, 6 v 2, 5 v 2
• Two players in the middle, they can hold their bibs
• Players must try to maintain possession and when opportunity arises they must play killer pass and knock football of the cone in the center of the area, if a player makes a mistake they go in the middle along with the player to their left
• 1 or 2 touch, if two touch, first touch must be on back foot
• Middle players stay in for another round if onegets nutmegged, middle players stay in for another round if they let the ballbe knocked of the cone 3 times    

• Quality and selection of pass – 1st, 2nd and 3rd line passes
• Body shape/Receive on the back foot/First touch
• Width and depth – Penetrating/Killer pass
• Awareness of space and defender
• Patience in possession – no forced/rushed decisions
• Transition to defend – can we win ball back as quickly as possible
• Transition to attack – width and depth asquickly as possible