Passing football drills

Beat pressure with a takeover. Run toward your teammate, leave the ball for him as you cross, and continue as a decoy while he drives away in the opposite direction.

Groove one-two combinations, third-man passes, and switches of play with clean first touches and passes hit at match tempo.

Weight a pass into the runner's path. Time the release to the run, play into the space ahead, and let the runner take it in stride and play forward without breaking stride.

Pass and receive across the star. Open the body to receive the angled pass, take a clean first touch, and weight the longer pass accurately to the far point.

Pass and receive accurately on the diagonal. Open the body to receive, take a clean first touch across the body, and weight the diagonal pass to the far line down the channel.

Raise the pulse and prime the first touch with passing and movement in a triangle. Keep the pace easy, move after every pass, and receive across the body to keep it flowing.

Pass accurately and with the right weight through a target gate. Strike a clean line through the middle of the gate, weight it to your partner, and adjust the angle as you move between gates.

Beat two lines with consecutive one-twos. Commit each defender before you pass, play the wall pass firm and burst past, and collect the return in stride to attack the next line.

Control a ball from height with a soft, cushioned first touch. Get behind the flight, choose the surface, relax it on contact, and set the ball down into space to play.

Strike an accurate driven switch across the pitch and control it cleanly on the far side. Get over the ball to keep the switch flat and fast, and take a directional first touch to drive forward.

Raise the pulse and prime the first touch with passing on the move. Keep the pace easy, receive across the body while jogging, and pass gently to your partner's path.

Beat a defender with a wall pass and a burst of pace. Commit the defender, play the pass firmly to the wall player's back foot, and explode past to receive the first-time return in behind.

Execute the up-back-through combination with clean weight and timing. Play a firm pass into feet, lay it off first time, and release the runner in behind with a well-weighted through ball.

Raise the pulse and prime the first touch with continuous passing and movement. Keep everyone moving, receive across the body, and switch the play with a firm diagonal.

Break down the flank with combination play and finish. Combine with quick one-twos to advance and get behind the defence, reach the byline, and cut it back for a first-time finish.

Groove crisp passing with movement off the ball. Pass to the correct foot, follow your pass to the next point, and check away before you receive to create the angle. Raise the tempo toward one touch as you warm up.

Beat a high defensive line with a lofted through ball. Runner: time the run to stay onside and arrive with the ball. Passer: recognise it early, chip it over the defender, and weight it into the runner's path.

Break lines by finding the third man. Play into feet to fix the defence, time the supporting run to arrive as the layoff is played, and set the runner into space, not to feet.