Advanced Shuttles

Tactical Problem: Decision making  / recognizing and avoiding obstacles
Skill development: Advanced ball handling

Teaching Points: 

Tactic

  • decision making /recognizing and avoiding obstacles


Skill

  • same skill teaching points as regular shuttles
  • stress keeping head up so the player or their pass doesn't collide with the group coming the other way
Diagram 

 
 

 

Organizational Points: 
  • three groups of four lined up horizontally 
  • one group spaced fifteen meters apart facing other two groups
  • each group of four has a ball 
Drill
  • same concept of regular shuttles except:
  • when group 1 gets half-way group 2 leaves
  • when group 2 gets half-way group 3 leaves
  • keep repeating 
  • groups have to complete their passes while running through each other