Controlling and Taking the Ball After a Preparatory Movement

Pitch: Eight cones form an outer and an inner area.

Equipment: 8 cones and three balls.

Players: Four players stand on the lines of the outer area, three of them with a ball; one player without a ball stands in the inner area.

• The player without a ball calls for the ball by shouting the name of a team-mate and moves towards the ball across the imaginary line of the square.
• That player takes the ball into the middle square and then plays it to the free player.
• Then that player runs to the next player and calls for the next ball.
• Requirement: the player in the middle may not pass back to the player the ball came from.
• In one round all players must have been passed to.

Variations:

• The outside players move around the square.
• The balls are thrown half-high or high.
• Only one-touch passing is played.