Receiving on the Half-Turn

How to run it

Two central players receive from one side with an open body and play on to the opposite side. Four players around the box pass in. Trains the key midfield movement: check your shoulder, open your body and play forward.

Set-up

A 16 × 16 m box. One player in the middle of each side, two players in the middle. Two balls in play. Change the central players after 60–90 seconds.

Instructions

1. 1Two central players in the box, one player on each side. Two balls.
2. 2A pass from the left to the central player coming to meet it.
3. 3Half-turn: the first touch across towards the right. The other central player receives from the top.
4. 4A pass out to the right. The other turns towards the bottom side.
5. 5A pass out to the bottom. The central players change areas.
6. 6The right side plays into the central player coming short.
7. 7A turn towards the left. A pass from the bottom side to the other central player.
8. 8A pass out to the left. The other turns towards the top side.
9. 9A pass out to the top – all four sides have had the ball.
10. 10Swap: the side players come in, the central players go out to the sides.
11. 11A new round with new central players.

Coaching points

• Check your shoulder before the ball arrives – what's behind you?
• Receive with the back foot so your body is open to the next pass.
• The first touch should take the ball past the imagined defender.
• The passes in must arrive on the right foot at the right pace.

Variations

Equipment

• 4 × Markers