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Ten Players, One Ball

Get a full group active and passing at two distinct ranges before a session. The long transfer wakes up the driven pass, the short cluster wakes up the touch, and the shallow strip means nobody is standing more than a few metres from the action.

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Duration
12 min
Total drill time
Players
10
Recommended
Pitch
Full Pitch
Setup space
Level
Beginner
Skill required
Intensity
Low
Physical demand
Age band
U13-U14
Any format

Setup & instructions

Mark a strip about thirty seven metres long and eleven deep, with markers at the corners and midpoints. Spread ten players along it. Play one long transfer of ten to thirteen metres, then two or three short passes among the players where it arrives, then transfer it again in either direction. Keep the ball moving continuously and do not let a group of three keep it for long. Two touch, and change direction often.

Setup time: 2 min

Tactical breakdown

The practical problem at the start of most sessions is not designing a clever exercise, it is getting fourteen players warm and touching a ball at the same time without splitting into groups that need separate supervision. Most warm-ups solve it badly, either by making half the squad wait or by spreading everyone so far apart that the passing is meaningless.

A long shallow strip solves it better than a square would. Thirty seven metres by eleven means ten players are never far from the ball, but the strip is long enough that a transfer is a genuine twelve metre pass rather than a token one. The shape does the organising, so a coach can stand at one end and see everything.

The alternation is what makes it worth doing rather than merely warm. A long driven transfer and a two metre roll are different techniques, and hitting both within a few seconds of each other is what a warm-up should be preparing. Groups left to themselves will settle on one distance within two minutes, usually the short one, because it is easier and feels sociable.

The failure to watch for is a cluster. With ten players and one ball it is very easy for three of them near the middle to keep it among themselves indefinitely while the other seven jog on the spot. The rule of two or three short passes and then move it on exists entirely to prevent that, and it needs enforcing early or the habit sets within the first few minutes.

How to run this drill

  1. Two or three short passes, then move it on. Without a limit, three players near the middle will keep the ball all session while everybody else jogs. This is the rule that keeps ten people involved.
  2. Two different weights. The transfer is driven over twelve metres, the short work is rolled over two. A warm-up that only uses one range has prepared you for one pass.
  3. Stay inside the strip. With ten bodies in a shallow area, drifting out is constant and it stretches the shape until the transfers become aimless long balls.
  4. Receive the transfer half turned. Arriving square means the ball can only go back where it came from, and the strip stops being something you can travel in both directions.
  5. Call for it. With ten players the passer cannot scan everyone. A voice is the fastest way to be found, and silence is why the same four keep touching the ball.
  6. Change direction often. Groups drift into moving the ball one way along the strip. Sending it back the other way keeps the far end awake and involved.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Two or three short passes on arrival, then move it on
  • Drive the transfer, roll the short ones
  • Everybody stays inside the strip, spread along its length
  • Receive the transfer on the half turn so it can continue either way
  • Call for it: with ten players the ball finds the loudest option
  • Do not let three players keep it: the whole group should be touching it

Common mistakes

  • A cluster of three players keeping the ball for twenty seconds
  • Drifting out of the strip, which is easy with ten bodies in it
  • Hitting the short passes as firmly as the transfers
  • Silence, so the player with the ball has no idea who is free

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • One touch on the short work
  • Add a second ball at the far end
  • Require the transfer to alternate direction each time

Regressions

  • Unlimited touches
  • Shorten the strip so the transfers are seven or eight metres
  • Split into two groups of five on half the strip each
Equipment
Markers×6
Tactical principles
team passing activationlarge group passing drillfootball warm up drillten player drillswitching play drillu13 passing warm uppre session activationwhole squad warm uplong and short passing drillgroup passing drill
Audience
U13-U14

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