Four players in one line, 5–10 metres apart, each position marked. The ball always bypasses the nearest player. The top player plays a long ball past the first middle player to the second middle player, who has moved out to the side. This player lays the ball off one-touch back to the bypassed player, who has meanwhile moved out to the other side of the line, and the bypassed player plays a long ball to the bottom player, again past the middle player. At the far end, the middle players return to their markers and the same pattern comes back the other way, moving out to the opposite sides. The bypassed player starts moving before the long pass is played.
Before passing, look which option is on: the nearest or the further one. On the long pass, the non-kicking foot is behind the ball and the follow-through goes in the direction of the pass, with the weight according to the distance. The body does not give away the target of the pass before contact. Lay-off one-touch, with a soft foot so the ball stays playable. The bypassed player moves out to the other side of the line before the lay-off comes.
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