first touch drills

[mcolwell]

What about varying it a bit to use alternate feet (work on weaker foot); or control it and do a turn and then pass back; or control it and dribble the ball back every other go?

[tony75]

Passing should involve movement in different directions, using both feet, getting head up, andf clear communication.

Get an area of 20*20 using 8 players - 4 inside grid, 4 on edge of grid, with 2-3 balls. Players pass in the sequence of inside the grid, then outside the grid, with constant move between each area. Then add variety of inside, inside, outside passing etc. You can then progress to make sure movement is good, by putting a cone into middle of area so it divides inside ionto 4 smaller areas. Now u can add specific movements from one small area to another to receive the ball back.

A further progression can be to add to include a passing pattern, like up, back, and through or a variation. don't forget to use turns, little dribbles etc to make it more fun and realistic.

Just reealised I posted all this in a first touch topic without mentioning it, but 1st touch imo is everything, and ur 1st touch in this session should be focused to move the ball you want to go, esp in passing pattern.