Restricted Zone Passing

Focus

Attacking Systems, Defensive Systems, Games & Races.

Skills

Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves, Vision & Quick Decisions.

Purpose

Maintaining possession can be a tactic to slow play down and chew the clock. Practice this skill before to working the ball forward as a team.

Players

8⁺

Ages

6⁺

Balls

Cones

Distance (max)

Opp. tops

50%

Visible opposition strip: 50%

Setup
Form two even teams. Assign and attacking and defending team. 4 players from each team start on the court. Use 1/3 of the court as the playing area and extend the sideline to form an 'end zone'.
Step 1
Attacking team start with the ball and must maintain possession inside the playing area (excluding the end-zone) for a marked period

Set a timed value of 30-45 seconds to maintain possession

Alternatively, you can make this a fixed number of passes, e.g. 10-20

The held-ball rule applies
Step 2
Defending team try to effect a turnover using a variety of tactics, including:-

Fast feet and anticipation to intercept a pass

Pressure the passer

Block opponents
Step 3
Once attacking team have been in possession for set time/no. of passes, call 'score!' - they must progress into the 'end-zone'

Turn this into a game by scoring a point for a completion, and keeping score.
Step 4
Rotate the attacking and defending teams, sub-on players, repeat.
Step 5
Progression. Try adding more players (e.g. 5 v 5) if you have the numbers.
Step 6
If you add players you may choose to extend the length of the court accordingly to avoid congestion.

More congestion equals more difficulty for attackers, so you can adjust this to suit.