Overlap & Passing Accuracy Drill | Combination Training

Overview

• This drill is set up for 8 players
• Aim for a 10 x 20m field (adjust to fit your numbers and age group)
• Works from youth level all the way up to the top level
• Great for teams that want to train passing and overlapping runs together

Objectives

• Sharpen your players’ ability to hit an accurate pass
• Build the feel for timing an overlap and matching the run to the ball
• Get players setting their body shape and prepping before the ball even arrives
• Tighten the connection between the player on the ball and the player on the move

Setup

Pairs face off at each end of the field and repeat the pass-and-overlap pattern.

１）Put 4 players at each end (near the goal line). One pair starts it off.

２）The player on the ball passes to the pair on the far side. As soon as they play it, that same player takes off on an overlapping run, going around the back of the player who received the ball.

３）The receiver either plays it back to the overlapping runner or sends it straight on to the far-side pair.

４）The other pair runs the same pattern. Keep it going back and forth, dialing in passing accuracy and the timing of the runs.