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Y-Passing Variation 5: Turn and Reverse

Train the reverse pass: opening the body one way, showing the pass everyone expects, and playing the opposite one across the body without a second touch to set it up.

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Duration
12 min
Total drill time
Players
4
Recommended
Pitch
24 × 24 m
Setup space
Level
Advanced
Skill required
Intensity
Medium
Physical demand
Age band
U9-U10
Any format

Setup & instructions

Same Y as the base pattern, roughly 15m between stations. Play a single firm ball into the pivot. He takes one touch that opens him out to one side, which should look exactly like he is about to play that arm, then reverses the ball across his body to the opposite arm. That arm carries a few metres inside and drives it back to the base. Next cycle he opens out the other way. Two touches for the pivot, no more: the touch is the disguise and the pass is the release.

Setup time: 3 min

Tactical breakdown

Every other variation of this pattern trains a pass that a defender is allowed to see coming. The reverse is the one that does not. Its entire value is that the receiver's body says one thing and the ball goes the other way, and that only works if the disguise is built into the first touch rather than added as a flourish at the end.

The touch is therefore the coaching point, not the pass. A pivot who receives, opens out to his left, and looks left has already made the pass credible. The defender shifts, the far arm is now free, and the reverse across the body arrives into space that existed for about a second. A pivot who receives square and then decides has nothing to sell, and the same pass becomes a slow ball across the middle of the pitch into a defender who watched it the whole way.

The technique is the inside of the far foot, played across the standing leg. It is an awkward contact and it is worth drilling in isolation before it goes into a pattern, because a player who cannot strike it cleanly will compensate by taking an extra touch to set his body, and the extra touch is exactly what he was trying to avoid.

Cutting the switch across the top out of this variation is deliberate. In the other versions the ball goes round the Y and every station gets a job. Here the ball comes straight back to the base once the arm has taken it, so the pattern resets quickly and the pivot gets far more repetitions of the only action that matters.

It is an advanced rep and it should be treated as one. Run it with a group that already strikes a clean ball off both feet, because a reverse pass hit badly is a turnover in the most dangerous third of the pitch to give the ball away.

How to run this drill

  1. Set the Y with a player on each point. Base, pivot at the fork, one player on each arm, roughly 15m between stations. The arms hold their width and do not drift infield.
  2. Play one firm ball into the pivot. No set and no second pass in this variation. A single pass into his feet, weighted so he can take an opening touch without chasing it.
  3. Open out and sell the obvious pass. One touch that turns him towards one arm, with his eyes on that arm. This is the disguise, and a touch taken towards the arm he actually wants removes it entirely.
  4. Reverse it across the body. Inside of the far foot, played across the standing leg into the opposite arm. Firm, because a slow reverse gives a defender time to recover the angle.
  5. Carry inside and drive it home. The receiving arm takes it on an open body, carries a few metres infield to set his feet, then drives the ball straight back to the base.
  6. Mirror it every cycle. Open out the other way on the next ball so the pivot reverses off both feet. Rotate the pivot often: it is the only station doing anything hard.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • The opening touch is the disguise: it must look like the pass you are not making
  • Reverse it with the inside of the far foot, across the standing leg
  • Head up on the touch, not on the pass, so the eyes sell the wrong side
  • Arms hold their width and stay on the shoulder, ready either side
  • The receiving arm carries inside before striking, never passes off the back foot

Common mistakes

  • Taking the opening touch towards the arm actually being played, which removes the disguise
  • Reversing off the wrong foot, which telegraphs it and cuts the angle
  • Passing with the head down so the body never sells the other side

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Pivot restricted to two touches with the reverse struck first time off the open touch
  • Add a passive defender who reads the shoulders and jumps the obvious pass
  • Base calls the arm as the ball travels, so the pivot cannot decide in advance

Regressions

  • Allow the pivot three touches, open, settle, then reverse
  • Play the reverse along the floor at a comfortable weight
  • Drop the disguise and just practise the across-body pass on its own
Equipment
Cones×4
Tactical principles
y passing drill variationreverse pass drilldisguised pass drillpassing pattern drillacross the body passpivot player drillswitch of play drillunopposed passing patternmidfield passing drilladvanced passing drill
Audience
U9-U10

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