Equipment Needed
- One ball per group
- Cones
Mark the combination pattern
Cones make it easy to lay out a consistent wall-pass pattern for every group to repeat.
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- Three players form a small triangle roughly 8–10 yards apart.
- One ball starts with any player in the triangle.
Instructions
- Play one-touch passes around the triangle as quickly and accurately as possible.
- After every 8–10 clean passes, add a defender in the middle trying to intercept.
- Players must find an open passing angle to avoid the defender rather than forcing a pass through them.
- Rotate the defender in and out every minute so everyone gets a turn.
Coaching Points
- One-touch passing demands the receiver already knows where they'll play the ball before it arrives.
- Constant movement to open a passing angle is what makes this work — standing still gets the passer cut off.
- Weight of pass matters: too soft invites a defender in, too hard is uncontrollable at one touch.
- Talk to each other — calling for the ball early helps the passer make a faster decision.
Variation
Add a fourth player to make it a diamond shape, or require two touches instead of one for a slightly easier introduction.