Group Training: Playing Through

Pitch: Six cones mark the positions of the six players.

Equipment: 6 cones and several balls.

Players: Two holding midfielders side by side at the centre circle, in front of them the two full-backs wide on the left and right and the two centre-backs centrally.

• The left holding midfielder starts the move with a pass to the left full-back.
• The full-back takes the pass backwards in their stride and passes to the left centre-back, who shows for the ball behind the full-back.
• The left centre-back plays through to the right full-back via the right centre-back.
• The right full-back takes the pass forward in their stride and finds the left holding midfielder, who shows for the ball centrally and dribbles back to the starting position.
• The right holding midfielder starts the next round, which runs in the other direction of play.

Variations: Let individual positions be bypassed.