Pass & weave

Between every ball the passer weaves low around three cones. The point of this drill is not the pass but the last step before it: the ball only comes once the player has stopped and is balanced.

1 player 9 phases ± 12 min 3 cones, 2 balls, a quarter of the court From U15 upwards

Phase 1 of 9Coach with ball, passer ready in front of the bottom two cones

P = the passer running the weave; the coach feeds the balls in Coach Equipment Ball

This animation comes straight out of the Koach app. In the app you play it at your own pace and the positions carry your players' real names.

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How the drill runs

What you are training

Pass & weave: after every pass weave low around the cones and come to a stop before the next contact.

Being stopped before the contact: the last step is planted before the ball touches the arms.
Staying low throughout the movement, without standing up in between.
Moving sideways with the shoulders facing the court instead of turning away and running.

Coaching points

Do not stand up between the cones.

Every time you come up you lose exactly the time you will be short of on the next ball to get underneath it.

Step, stop, then play.

Passing during the last step adds your own body speed to the ball, and that ball almost always sails too far.

Keep your hips facing the coach, even when you are moving sideways.

Turn all the way away and you have to turn back and get into position. That is one action too many for the time you have.

Coach: only feed once the player has stopped.

Feeding early rewards rushing, and then the drill trains exactly the opposite of what it is meant for.

Variations

Easier: Two cones instead of three, and the ball is fed high so there is time to stop.
Harder: The coach feeds while the player is still coming around the last cone, or the cones are moved further apart so the weave gets longer.
With six players: Two weave lanes side by side, each with its own feeder; the other two catch and roll the balls back.
As a game: Eight balls per player. Only the passes the coach can catch without taking a step count. Who gets six out of eight?

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