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Triangle Passing Variation 5: Three Man Weave

Turn a static passing triangle into a moving one: pass, run behind the receiver, and hold the three lane shape while the whole unit advances.

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Live animationPAS
Duration
10 min
Total drill time
Players
3
Recommended
Pitch
24 × 40 m
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
High
Physical demand
Age band
U9-U10
Any format

Setup & instructions

Mark a channel about 24m wide and 20m long with cones at each end. Three players start on a line, one in each lane, the middle player with the ball. He passes to one outside player and runs behind him into that outside lane. The receiver takes it inside into the middle lane and passes to the other outside player, then runs behind him. Keep the three lanes and keep advancing. At the top of the channel turn and weave back down. Six passes brings everybody back to the lane they started in.

Setup time: 2 min

Tactical breakdown

A passing triangle on three cones teaches angles. A weave teaches that the angles have to be rebuilt every few seconds while everybody is moving, which is the version a match actually asks for. The shape is the same three points, but nobody owns a point for longer than one pass.

The rule that makes it work is that the run goes behind the receiver. It sounds arbitrary until you watch a group get it wrong: run in front and two players end up in the same lane, the shape flattens into a line, and there is nowhere to play the next pass. Behind keeps the three lanes intact, which is the only reason the next pass has an angle at all.

The second rule is that the pass goes ahead of the receiver, never behind him. A ball played behind forces a check back, the runner who has already set off arrives before the ball is under control, and the whole thing stops. In a weave a slightly heavy pass is almost always better than a slightly short one, because everybody is travelling in the same direction.

What transfers is less the specific pattern than the habit underneath it: pass, then move somewhere useful immediately, and do it while the ball is still travelling. Players who only move when they want the ball back are the ones who leave a team playing in straight lines.

Weaving up the channel and then back down is worth doing rather than jogging back, partly because it doubles the repetitions in the same time, and partly because the turn at the top forces the group to rebuild the shape from a standing start. That reset is the moment it usually falls apart, which makes it the moment worth coaching.

How to run this drill

  1. Mark a channel and set three lanes. About 24m wide and 20m long. Three players on the start line, one in each lane, the middle player with the ball.
  2. Pass to an outside player. Firm, along the floor, and slightly ahead of him so he can take it moving forward. A ball played behind him stalls the whole weave.
  3. Run behind the man you passed to. Behind, never in front, and accelerate. Running in front puts two players in one lane and flattens the shape into a straight line.
  4. Take it inside into the middle lane. The receiver's first touch carries him into the middle, not square across it. Now he is the middle player and the triangle has rebuilt itself further up.
  5. Repeat to the other side. The new middle player passes to the other outside lane and runs behind that man. Keep the three lanes and keep the unit advancing together.
  6. Turn at the top and weave back. Three passes up, turn, three passes back. Six passes returns everybody to their starting lane, so the pattern can run continuously without a reset.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Run behind the man you passed to, never in front of him
  • First touch takes you inside into the middle lane, not square
  • Weight the pass ahead of the receiver, never behind him: behind breaks the weave
  • Hold the three lanes, the shape collapses the moment two players share one
  • Accelerate after the pass, the run is the hard part and it is where it falls apart

Common mistakes

  • Cutting in front of the receiver instead of behind, which puts two players in one lane
  • Passing behind the receiver so he has to check back and the weave stalls
  • Jogging the run, which means arriving late and the next pass having nowhere to go

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • One touch for everyone through the whole channel
  • Finish the run out of the channel with a strike at goal
  • Add a fourth and fifth player and weave five across

Regressions

  • Walk the pattern until the run behind is automatic
  • Allow unlimited touches while advancing
  • Narrow the channel so the passes are shorter
Equipment
Cones×4
Tactical principles
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Audience
U9-U10

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