Receive & Play | 4-Team Vertical-Line Drill

Overview

• Four teams work the vertical lines, knocking passes around inside their split-up grid zones.
• Put 16 players into 4 teams across 4 zones and build the fluidity to move the ball forward fast.
• Built off a training staple, it sharpens accuracy and quick tempo at the same time.

Objectives

• Sharpen first touch so your players are set up clean for the next play.
• Build the decision-making to fire off quick, accurate passes in tight space.
• Train players to stay calm and control the ball even with pressure bearing down.
• Get the whole team feeling how to move the ball forward as one fluid unit.

Setup

Split the grid into 4 x 4 (16 zones), with four teams working the vertical lines and knocking passes back and forth.

1）Set up your field as a 40 x 40-meter grid.

2）Split the grid into 4 x 4 for 16 zones, and drop one player from each team into each zone (four teams in all).

3）One team starts the ball in a bottom zone of the grid.

4）Play the ball straight up the line to the zone above.

5）The next player receives one-touch and plays it on quickly.

6）Once the ball reaches the top zone, another team restarts from the bottom.

7）Keep the tempo high throughout and stay dialed in on accurate passing.