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Driven medium pass to skip the line

Use the driven medium pass to skip the first pressing line and find the free full-back — the driven medium pass was a thin topic and is the link that breaks the high block.

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Load

minutes
10
Intensity
Low
Sets and reps
2 × 6

Microcycle days it fits

MD-3, MD-2

Each bar’s height is that day’s dive ceiling.

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
0
outfield player
3

Space: 34 × 20 m

Equipment: Balls, Markers, Bibs

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

The press shuts the short outlet; the goalkeeper plays a flat, driven medium pass to the free-side full-back, skipping the first line. No pressure first, then with a presser.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Tense contact in the middle of the ball, for a flat, fast trajectory the first line can’t intercept.
  • The decision is in the angle: the medium pass opens when the short is shut and the long is risky.
  • The body opens to the target before striking, so the pass leaves in the right direction without telegraphing.
  • Read the press before receiving — knowing the short outlet will shut saves decision time.

Progressions

  1. Presser shutting the short line.
  2. Reduce the time window.

Regressions

  1. No pressure, time to choose.
  2. Bring the free-side target closer.

Sources · 2

  1. BookLeonhard Zeilinger e Franz Gruber, «The Ultimate Guide to Goalkeeper Training: Develop Motor Skills, Technique, Tactics, and Mindset» (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2025), ISBN 9781782552918
  2. BookJoe Luxbacher, «The Soccer Goalkeeper: Techniques, Tactics, Training»