	Coaching Clinics: Homepage
	3-Player Warm-up: A simple warm-up to introduce the concpets.
	Miss A Man Passing Drills: A great warm-up and drill which continues to reinforce the thru pass and layoff.
	Basic Options: Explanation of basic passing movements.
	4-Player Intro: Detailed description of the 4-player drill.
	4-Player Variations: 7 Sample Variations using the 4-Player passing drill.
	2v2 plus (4Neutrals): A match related 2v2 drill first using directional keepaway and later with goals.
	4v4 plus (4 Neutrals) A match related 4v4 drill first using directional keepaway and later with goals.

Coaching Clinics

Passing Patterns for Improvement in
Combination Play and Movement Off the Ball

3-Player Warm-up

-Here is the very elementary "warm-up" using 3 players that begins to touch on some of the concepts that will be further developed in the later drills.

Click here for a printable reminder list of the Warm-up patterns

Key Points:

1. As Always. Show to the pass - Lots of talk - Anticipate and Move into Space.

2. The "midfield" turn can be done differently depending on the degree of defensive pressure.

-Without tight marking the ball can be received on the "half turn". Here the player turns with the ball and makes the controlling touch with the foot away from the passer and towards the new direction. This is fast and quickly begins movement downfield.

-With tight making, the turn may have to done while "shielding" the ball. Here the player makes the touch with the foot closest to the passer and away from the defender. The touch can be with the outside or inside of the foot as the player turns around the defender while "hiding" the ball. This is similar to the "Shield Turn" dribbling moves. (click here)