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Six-Cone Passing Drill

Soccer Drill Diagram: Six-Cone Passing Drill
SIX CONE SOCCER PASSING DRILL
Drill Equipment

Disc Cones/Markers

Drill Quick Glance
Age: 9+ Field: 15X25
Players: 5+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 5 / 5 Views: 13,500
Published: 12/24/2023 Author: Chris Johnson

The six-cone passing drill focuses on passing, awareness, and movement after the pass. This is a great warmup or to focus on passing technique and movement after the pass.

Drill setup
  1. Create a 15 X 25-yard rectangle using six cones.
  2. Have five players start on one of the six cones, leaving one empty.
  3. One player starts with the ball.
Drill Coaching Points
  • Good passing technique
  • Crisp passes
  • Good weight of passes
  • Movement immediately after the pass
  • Play in 2 touch
Drill Instructions
  1. As players pass the ball, they must move to the open cone. 
  2. As the passing player moves to the open cone, his cone becomes open and available for the next passer.
  3. Play continues for 2 minutes.
Drill Variations
  • Increase or decrease the size of the field
  • Limit the touches to 1-touch passing
  • Add a combination or 1-2 pass 
Drill Focus

Passing, Receiving, Fitness, Warm-up