Making decisions (using colours continued)
The coach can stand either on the touchline, or can move about between the players – but he must try to steer clear of the players as they pass the balls around the area.
 To begin 3 balls, 1 each between the reds, the yellows and the blues – each team inter-passing, manoeuvring between the two other teams.
In the diagram 3 yellows pass the ball between them (marked A) blue and reds do the same.
On the coaches instruction (he can shout/whistle), three players all from different groups immediately join up and start inter-passing. So each group will consist of a red, a yellow and a blue player as marked (B) in the diagram
It is up to the players to move quickly into these groups, finishing with a ball in each group – the ball always remaining under control by one player as the change comes about.
To progress on the coaches instruction (shout/whistle) – the players revert to their original groups (yellows, blues and reds)
The coach can also variate by shouting “2 + 1”, so the players (while keeping the ball under control) get into 3 groups (e.g. 2 yellows, 1 red/or 1 blue) or 2 reds, 1 blue/1 yellow and so on)
The purpose being for the players to concentrate on the passing and control yet being aware of what comes next – once again looking at the whole picture of the area.
NB. COACHES SHOULDN’T ‘CHANGE’ THE PRACTICE TOO OFTEN OR TOO QUICKLY, OR THEY WILL LOSE THE INITIAL PASSING/CONTROL SECTION OF THE EXERCISE.
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