What is the best futsal passing drill for beginners?

February 22, 2023 at 6:48 pm

What is the best futsal passing drill for beginners?

Futsal is a sport, where passing is one of the main skills. Passing skills are important, when it comes to futsal attack. Any futsal tactical attacking build-up (combination) is not possible without being able to pass the ball.

Many beginners in futsal are usually concentrating on the improvement of futsal dribbling. This is not smart. Although it’s understandable, because futsal is a type of sport, where a player gets to touch the ball very often and as a result - he is presented with a lot of opportunities to show his futsal skills.

On the other hand, when it comes to a get and to getting victory in a futsal match, for every player it’s important to think first about the team. The team always comes first, therefore instead of dribbling the ball, it’s almost always more effective to just pass it to a teammate.

One of the reasons, why many futsal beginners are good on a training session and are having loads of problems during the game, is that they are dribbling the ball more often, then they should. Ideally in a futsal match, you have to make 2-3 touches maximum on the ball. That means, that with the third touch of the ball, you already have to either shoot or pass the ball to your teammate.

There is a reason, why 99% of futsal attacking combinations are planned in a way, that players are actually passing the ball, not dribbling. It’s just more effective.

Beginners in futsal

When it comes to beginners in futsal, it’s important to understand, that:

they usually lack good physical condition
futsal skills are on a very low level
not all futsal passing drills can be understood and performed well by them
laterality will be very much the case with the beginner. Meaning - they most definitely will have one preferred foot and the other will be much weaker, therefore a beginner won’t be able to use weaker foot well.
they will lack speed and coordination too.

Futsal passing

Also, when it comes to futsal passing, it’s important to know, that a pass should be:

strong
accurate
timed very well

Factors, which are mentioned above play the key role, when you have to develop futsal skills of a beginner. I will share a drill with you, which will help to get a beginner to a certain level of skill, which will allow him to make less mistakes during the game.

What is the best futsal passing drill for beginners then?

It should:

be performed statically at first
be played in pairs
be concentrated on a technique of a futsal pass
include using weaker foot of a futsal player too
include correct receiving of the ball (futsal first touch with the sole of the foot)
include looking at the target before passing the ball.

I am going to share a futsal drill with you, which will help you to get your futsal training going and improve your passing skills fast. There will also be tips of how you can make a drill more diverse, so you don’t get bored.

Futsal passing drill for beginners

Objective of the drill: Improving futsal passing

How to set-up the drill:

At least one pair of players
one ball for each pair of players

Passing drill sequence:

In the picture you can see 5 phases of the drill.
First phase: all pairs of players in pairs are positioned in front of each other with the distance of 3 meter between them (like green nr.2 and red nr.2). Players are passing the ball to each other and are using both of their feet. Each player has only 2 touches on the ball (one touch - to receive the ball, another touch - to pass it).
Second phase: players make bigger distance (6-7) meters between themselves and are doing the same sequence as in the first phase: 2 touches on the ball - receive and pass. Example: position of green nr.3 and red nr.3.
Third phase: Bigger distance now - players are positioned on the edges of the pitch (just by the side lines). Now players have to receive the ball with the first touch (ideally with the sole of the foot), role the ball a bit forward (ideally with the same first touch; but if it’s difficult, players are allowed extra touch for that) and finally make a pass. Example: green nr.4 and red nr.4.
Phase four: Players are positioned within 3 meter distance from each other. Each player has only one touch on the ball. Players are just passing the ball to each other using just one touch. Example: green nr.5 and red nr.5.
Phase five: Players are positioned within 3 meter distance from each other. Each player has only one touch on the ball. Players are passing the ball to each other while moving from one side line to another using just one touch. Example: green nr.5 and red nr.5.