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Triangle Passing Overload: Score Challenge

Keep the ball in a 4v1 or 5v2

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Triangle Passing Overload: Score Challenge is a 14-minute passing drill for 5-12 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Duration

14 min

Players

5-12

Pitch size

18 x 18 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Triangle Passing Overload: Score Challenge1218 x 18 yards

Triangle Passing Overload: Score Challenge — Pairs facing each other · 18 x 18 yards

Step 1 of 4Possession team keeps the ball, aiming to split the defenders.

  1. 1. Possession team keeps the ball, aiming to split the defenders.
  2. 2. Defenders swap after a regain or thirty seconds.
  3. 3. Count consecutive passes for a score.
  4. 4. Run it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.
  • Ball
  • Pairs working across a marked lane
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Keep the ball in a 4v1 or 5v2
  • -Create passing triangles constantly
  • -Play out of pressure calmly

Setup

  1. 1Mark an 18 yard square with a triangle of cones inside.
  2. 2Four or five in possession, one or two defenders.
  3. 3Spare balls on the outside for quick restarts.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Possession team keeps the ball, aiming to split the defenders.
  2. 2Defenders swap after a regain or thirty seconds.
  3. 3Count consecutive passes for a score.
  4. 4Run it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.

Coaching points

  • -Support on angles, never in the shadow of a defender
  • -Disguise the pass with the eyes and hips
  • -Move immediately after passing
  • -Keep quality while the score matters
  • -Reset quickly between reps to fit more in

Common mistakes

  • -Standing flat and square
  • -Forcing the split pass
  • -Passing too slowly under pressure

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