Passing
Pressure Rotating Diamond
Build clean passing angles in a rotating shape
Passing
Receiving
Possession
Pressure Rotating Diamond is a 14-minute passing drill for 4-16 players, suitable for Under 9 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.
Back to drill libraryPassing
Receiving
Possession
Technical Practice
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Intermediate
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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Under Pressure
Duration
14 min
Players
4-16
Pitch size
18 x 18 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Pressure Rotating Diamond — Passing diamond · 18 x 18 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. The defender is released the moment the ball leaves the server's foot.
- 5. The working player scores by completing the action before pressure arrives; the defender scores by blocking it.
- Cones mark the area
- Ball
- Cones mark each station in the shape
- C = coach / 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 18 x 18 yards area.
- 2Position a recovering defender behind each working player, starting two yards back.
- 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.
- 4The defender is released the moment the ball leaves the server's foot.
- 5The working player scores by completing the action before pressure arrives; the defender scores by blocking it.
Coaching points
- -Open the body before the ball arrives
- -Pass to the back foot
- -Follow the pass at pace
- -Feel the pressure with your body, take the touch away from the defender
Common mistakes
- -Standing still after passing
- -Passing into the wrong foot
- -Facing your own goal and getting trapped by the press
Where this drill fits
- More football passing drills
- More football receiving drills
- More football possession drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme