Technical Warm-Up | Sharpen Passing and First Touch

Overview

• Works for every age group, from middle school all the way up to your senior players
• Perfect as a warm-up or a quick technical tune-up before training
• Runs just as well with a small group as it does with the whole team going at once

Objectives

• Clean up the quality of that first touch
• Build accurate passing at a quick tempo
• Sharpen the reads — get players seeing the ball and their partner
• Hold their technique together under pressure

Setup

Two players line up facing each other around a triangle of cones. The first touch moves the ball across to the far side of the triangle, and the second touch slides a through ball to the partner — so you’re building accuracy and rhythm at the same time.

1）Set up a triangle with 3 cones in a space about 3 x 3m

2）Two players face each other, standing on either side of the triangle

3）One player plays the pass; the receiver takes a first touch that carries the ball to the far side of the triangle

4）On the second touch, they slide a through ball to their partner

5）The partner receives it and repeats the same movement

6）After 10–15 passes back and forth, switch roles