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THE PASSING DIAMOND Paul
the body, and the ball should be received on the back foot.
Buckle TORQUAY UNITED
Paul Buckle is the third longest-serving manager in npower League Two, having been appointed manager of Torquay United on June 2, 2007.
After ending his playing days at United’s Devon rivals Exeter City in the Conference in 2007, Buckle took the decision to hang up his boots in order to fuel Torquay’s promotion ambitions from the touchline.
In his first season as manager at Plainmoor, he led the Gulls to a third-placed finish in the Conference where the club would miss out in the play-offs, beaten by former club Exeter.
But Buckle landed the club Wembley play-off final success the following season with a 2-0 victory over Cambridge United – a result that sealed a Football League return for Torquay.
League Two status was comfortably retained last year, and this season, having been top at one stage, the club remain well placed for the play-offs.
As a player, Buckle began his playing career at Brentford and would go on to represent Wycombe Wanderers, Torquay United, Exeter City, Northampton Town, and Colchester United, amongst others.
How doI progress the session?
The natural progression for the passing diamond is to get players passing across the playing area as well as around it. Here, A passes to B, who then sets it back to A, and a pass is made across the diamond to cone C. C and D perform the same move, with C passing across the diamond to the players on cone A. Because the original passing players A and C are on the move, the second player in the A and C cone queues is the man who receives the cross-diamond pass.
Rotate direction after each cross-diamond pass so that players on all cones are active.
We can step-up the physical requirement by asking the player who receives the ball on a cone to check, running two yards away to another marked cone before heading back to receive.
How would you put this into a game situation?
Construct a simple ‘keep ball’ exercise in a large playing area between two teams, 8v8. This will give them the opportunity to rehearse the basic yet essential elements of passing and ball control that they have learned in this practice.
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Cone players can also ‘check’ back ensuring a high intensity is maintained
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