Combination Half-Turn Box

Pitch diagram

Objectives

• -Receive on the half turn facing forwards
• -Take the first touch into space, not into the feet
• -Scan before the ball arrives

Setup

1. 1A box with a server on each side and a receiver in the middle in a 20 x 20 yards area.
2. 2Add a neutral bounce player on each side line inside a marked yard-wide channel.
3. 3One ball with each server.

Coaching instructions

1. 1Servers play in and the middle player receives on the half turn.
2. 2The receiver plays out to a different server each time.
3. 3Rotate the middle player every 60 seconds.
4. 4The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
5. 5A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.

Common mistakes

• -Receiving square with a closed body
• -Touch too close to the standing foot
• -Two players combining over and over while the third stands still