This week's exercises are combination play patterns from our book, 'Improving Your Team's Speed of Play'
This progression also introduces some “inventive” play. Here player B needs to position himself between the passer A and the target man T. The pass from A, although played towards B, must be firm enough to go beyond and reach T. In this way B can easily allow the ball to go past him, which if performed in a match, would have the effect of confusing his marker. Having let the ball go through to T, B now turns or spins quickly to receive a one touch lay off.
The sequence again continues with B passing to the outside and leaving the middle, and A replacing him to work with T.
These ideas provide the introduction to the work that will really test your players and, because of the degree of difficulty, have patience with them.
If you remove the nominated target player and simply have two men in the middle, then the pass that is played in from the outside can now be directed to either player. It is then the decision of the man on the outside to choose WHICH player and the type of pass required. At the same time the two in the middle must co-ordinate their movements and work together.
