Knock the Cone Down

Objective

• Passing accuracy, with an obvious target and an obvious result

Set-up and how it runs

• Stand a tall cone in the middle of each channel. Two or three players spread around it, eight yards out.
• Players pass at the cone. Knock it over and you score a point.
• Reset the cone straight away and keep going for ninety seconds.
• Count the team score, then move the cone a yard further out and go again.

Equipment

• Tall cones or poles
• A ball each

Coaching points

• Look at the target, then look at the ball as you strike it
• Inside of the foot for accuracy
• Follow through towards the cone
• Take a settling touch before you strike

Progressions

• Two cones, one worth double
• Strike a moving ball rolled by a teammate
• Weak foot only

What it develops

Technical

Passing and receiving

Psychosocial

Concentration