Passing & Sprinting Fitness Drill | Where Fitness Meets Technique

Overview

• Works for players from elementary through high school
• Great for ages where you need both passing accuracy and anaerobic fitness
• Runs as a circuit across a set of poles
• Puts players in situations where they have to keep passing cleanly even when they’re gassed from sprinting

Objectives

• Build the ability to fire off accurate passes over and over while sprinting flat out
• Develop players who can still show their technique when they’re tired
• Chase both at once: conditioning and technique
• Sharpen the quality of movement late in games

Setup

You’ll set up a passing-and-sprinting circuit across a group of poles. Players take turns working at full pace while keeping their technique sharp.

１）Set out several poles (or cones) on the field and pick the distance between them

２）Put players in groups of 3–4 and give each group an area

３）One player passes, the receiver sprints in quickly and returns it first touch

４）The player who passed sprints to the next pole while another player takes over the pass

５）Keep the intensity high for a set time (30 seconds to 1 minute), then take a short rest

６）Repeat for several sets