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Y-Passing Variation 2: Wall Pass

Groove the wall pass, the return into the path rather than the feet, and the timing of running past the man you just passed to.

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Live animationPAS
Duration
15 min
Total drill time
Players
4
Recommended
Pitch
24 × 24 m
Setup space
Level
Beginner
Skill required
Intensity
Medium
Physical demand
Age band
U6-U8
Any format

Setup & instructions

Same Y as the base pattern: base, pivot at the fork, one player on each arm, roughly 15m between stations. The ball starts at the base. Pass into the pivot and immediately run past him on the outside. The pivot does not turn and does not control it: he plays it first time into the space ahead of the runner. The runner takes it on the move and releases the next arm, which repeats the wall pass off the same pivot. After both arms have worked, a long ball returns the ball to the base and the lap restarts. Rotate the pivot every two minutes: it is the hardest job.

Setup time: 3 min

Tactical breakdown

The difference between a set and a wall pass is one detail: where the ball goes back to. A set returns to the feet of the player who passed it, and he is standing still when it arrives. A wall pass returns into the space beside the pivot, and the passer is already running into that space. The first keeps possession. The second beats a man.

That is the whole point of running this variation after the base Y. Players who have learned the pattern know the passing sequence, so the sequence stops being the difficulty and the detail becomes the difficulty. The pivot has to resist the urge to turn, which is the most common failure, because turning feels productive and it wastes the run that is already happening behind him.

Weight is unforgiving here. Too heavy and the runner chases it out of the grid. Too soft and the pivot has effectively played a pass into a defender's feet, which in a match is a turnover in the middle of the pitch. The target is a ball that arrives at the runner's stride without asking him to change speed.

The run itself is the part that transfers most directly to a match. In the grid, the passer runs past the pivot because the pattern says so. In a game, he runs past because the defender's weight has shifted onto the pass. Coaching the grid version well means insisting the run starts as the ball leaves the foot, so the habit exists before the defender does.

How to run this drill

  1. Set the Y and put a player on each point. Base, pivot at the fork, one player on each arm, roughly 15m between stations. The pivot is the only station that stays fixed.
  2. Pass into the pivot and run past him. The run starts as the ball leaves the foot. Waiting for the pass to arrive turns a wall pass into a slow set and removes the whole reason for the drill.
  3. Set it first time into the space. The pivot does not control and does not turn. One touch, into the gap the runner is moving into, weighted so the runner never changes speed.
  4. Take it in stride and release the arm. The runner collects on the move and plays the next station. Two touches at most, so the ball keeps travelling at the tempo the pattern was set at.
  5. Repeat off the same pivot on the far arm. The arm that has just received plays the same wall pass off the pivot, so both sides of the pivot's body and both feet get worked in one lap.
  6. Recycle with a long ball to the base. A driven pass returns the ball to the base station and the lap starts again. Rotate the pivot every couple of minutes: it is the hardest role in the pattern.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Run past the pivot as the pass leaves your foot, not after it arrives
  • The pivot sets it first time into space, never back to the passer's feet
  • Set the ball with the foot furthest from an imaginary defender
  • Angle the run so the return can be taken in stride without breaking rhythm
  • The pivot's shoulders stay open to the arm being played into

Common mistakes

  • The pivot turning instead of setting, which kills the wall pass
  • Setting to the feet rather than into the path, so the runner has to stop
  • Starting the run after the pass arrives, which gives a defender time to recover

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Pivot restricted to one touch for the whole rep
  • Add a passive defender marking the pivot from behind
  • Runners must strike the release pass first time off the wall

Regressions

  • Allow the pivot two touches, control then set
  • Shorten the arms so the runs and passes are shorter
  • Walk the wall pass and the run before adding tempo
Equipment
Cones×4
Tactical principles
y passing drill variationwall pass drillone two combination drillgive and go soccer drillpassing patternpivot player drillset into the pathunopposed passing drillcombination play drilltechnical passing drill
Audience
U6-U8

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