- Handling
- Halfback Pressure Prac.3
Halfback Pressure Practise 3 Drill
HA25D
Halfback Pressure Practice 3
OBJECTIVE:
Improve the pass technique of players passing the ball off the ground.
EQUIPMENT:
One ball.
GROUP SIZE:
Four players.
AREA:
10 x 10 metre grid.
DRILL SET-UP:
One halfback and three receivers. Three receivers in a triangle 10 metres apart.
DRILL EXPLANATION:
- The ball is placed on the ground by Player 1.
- The halfback (9) moves to the ball and passes it to Player 2, who places it on the ground.
- The halfback now moves to Player 2 and passes the ball to Player 3.
- The drill continues.
- The coach will decide when Player 9 will pass in the opposite direction, and when the players will change positions.
- The receiving players may move from their cone and communicate with the halfback.
VARIATIONS / PROGRESSION:
- More players can convert the triangle into a square or a circle.
- The receivers can deliver the ball in any one of a varied number of ways.
- The receivers can roll the ball anywhere within the formation for the halfback to recover.