INTERMEDIATE

• Start with 4 mixed lines in the 4 corners of the defensive zone.  Players start with two balls in opposite (kitty-corner) corners, with coaches having extra balls ready in case one gets dropped in the drill.

• Variation #1 (5 min):  "Around The Perimeter."  Players with and without the ball, start with a short run in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.  They need to be careful about the timing and slow things down or speed things up, in order to keep the 2 balls diagonally opposite from each other as much as possible.  They also need to make sure not to get too far ahead of the play, leaving their line too early before the ball is passed.  After passing (Variation #1A), rolling loose balls (Variation #1B) or a combination of both (Variation #1C), players follow their pass and join the line of the player they just passed to, ultimately moving all around the defensive zone.

• Variation #2 (5 min):  "Zig Zag Pattern."  Same concept as the variation above except players pass to the line diagonally across the middle ("skip pass") and then make an adjacent pass across the top or bottom of the defensive zone.  Players need to keep their heads up and be spatially aware as they run to the line they passed to.