Passing

Finishing Rotating Diamond

Build clean passing angles in a rotating shape

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Possession

Finishing Rotating Diamond is a 16-minute passing drill for 4-16 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.

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Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Finishing

Duration

16 min

Players

4-16

Pitch size

24 x 24 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Rotating Diamond — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 24 x 24 yards

Step 1 of 5Ball travels round the diamond with players following their pass.

1. Ball travels round the diamond with players following their pass.
2. Every fourth pass is played across the diamond to switch the pattern.
3. Change direction on the coach's call.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the server
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Build clean passing angles in a rotating shape
-Link the pass to the movement that follows it
-Improve weight and accuracy of the ball

Setup

1Four cones in a diamond with a player on each in a 24 x 24 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3One ball to start, spares beside the coach.

Coaching instructions

1Ball travels round the diamond with players following their pass.
2Every fourth pass is played across the diamond to switch the pattern.
3Change direction on the coach's call.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.