Passing Warm-up Drill

1. Split the team into groups of two players with one ball per group.
2. Set cones up creating a 5-yard passing lane about 10 yards apart. 
3. Set a different color cone about 5-yards from the passing lane creating a triangle.
4. Players position themselves between the passing lane across from their partner.

• Quality first touches, keeping the ball in front of the players.
• Communication between the two players. 
• Good pace on the pass
• Good accuracy of the pass

In this warmup drill, run through a few of these variations for 3-4 minutes each.

1. Players start with two-touch passes to one another. Players should be on the balls of their feet and moving.
2. Players play in two-touches, but this time, immediately after making a pass, the passer alternates moving around the cones to their right and left.
3. Players play in two-touches; immediately after making a pass, the passer touches their chest to the ground and quickly returns to their feet to receive the next pass.
4. Players play in two-touches; immediately after making a pass, the passer turns and runs around the cone behind them and check-in to the middle of the cones to receive the next pass.
5. Players play in two-touches; immediately after making a pass, the passer touches their butts to the ground and quickly returns to their feet to receive the next pass.
6. Players play in two-touches; immediately after making a pass, the passer moves backward to the cone and checks-in to the middle of the cones to receive the next pass.
7. Players play in one-touch passes.

• Be creative and add other activities to mix things up.