Passing Square – Pass and Follow

How to run it

Five players and four corners: pass to the next corner and follow your pass. Players practise passing and receiving on both forehand and backhand, and moving after the pass.

Set-up

A square of about 7 × 7 m with discs in the corners. One player at each corner and the fifth behind the first corner. One ball.

Instructions

1. 1One player at each corner, the fifth stands behind the first corner. The ball starts at the first corner.
2. 2First pass to the next corner. The passer follows the ball and the player behind steps into the corner.
3. 3The receiver controls and passes on to the next corner. The passer runs after the pass.
4. 4Keep going round: receive with a soft blade, turn and pass.
5. 5The passer runs outside the passing line so as not to get in the way of the ball.
6. 6The second lap starts. Everyone has now changed corner at least once.
7. 7Raise the tempo: receive and pass in one movement.
8. 8Keep going round and have the stick on the floor, ready, before the ball arrives.
9. 9Last pass in this direction.
10. 10The coach calls "switch"! The ball is passed back the other way. The player who was on the way queues behind the corner instead.
11. 11Passes in the new direction. The player behind the corner steps in when it is free.
12. 12Keep going the new way – now the passes come on the other side of the blade.

Coaching points

• Pass to the receiver's blade, not their body. Follow through with the blade towards the target.
• Receive with a soft blade that "gives" as the ball arrives.
• Stick on the floor and eyes on the passer before the ball comes.
• Change direction often so both forehand and backhand passes are practised.

Variations

Equipment

• 4 × Markers