WHY USE IT

A switch play attacks the inside, weak shoulder of a defender. Execute this well as a passer by drawing the defender out of position. Once the pass has gone, get back into the game.

Set up

Two tackle tubes, several balls, six players and two cones for development.

HOW TO DO IT

• Have two lines of three players. Feed the ball to a player who is 7m from two tackle tubes.
• They cut across at around 45 degrees.
• They pass the ball off their hip into the path of the second player.
• The passer then runs through the gap in the tubes, so they finish facing up the pitch.
• They go through the tubes and look for the ball again.
• Develop this by putting in one or two defenders who run off cones behind the tackle tubes to put pressure on the passer and receiver.

TECHNIQUE

• Engage on the catch so the ball carrier takes the ball forward then cuts across.
• The receiver engages the defender on taking the ball - then runs away from them.
• Leave the pass on the hip on the switch, don’t pass it (see insets, in the middle picture). It should be suspended in the air.