Quickness in mind, quickness in feet. Discover how you can get your players thinking off the ball and performing smoother, crisper passing moves all over the pitch 

Finally, drills that train players’ brains as well as their feet have arrived! Diamond Passing Drills is a video series which demonstrates how to develop your players’ ability to think about their next move before they receive the ball, enabling quicker decision making and smoother play. In addition, the drills will improve the speed and accuracy of your team’s passing, so you gain a double whammy of benefits from every session.

(These videos are free with the Elite Membership.  See bottom of page for more info)

 

Dear Coach,

Do you get frustrated with your players getting in the wrong positions to receive the ball?  Do their passes keep getting intercepted, or do your players lose possession from hesitating with the ball at their feet? If so, they need drills that train their minds as well as their legs.

Diamond Passing Drills is a video series focused on developing your players’ soccer brain and decision making off the ball. The drills start simple but rapidly become more complex, training players how to make decisions quicker. This includes where they need to be to receive the ball, what their next move is going to be and how to get the ball to the next player. The result is that their brains get as much of a workout as their feet, and they develop cleaner, crisper ways of thinking to partner those of their passing.

The motto of Diamond Passing Drills is ‘quickness in mind, quickness and feet’. You will discover why after witnessing professional first team coach Sam Saif demonstrate the improvements you can expect to gain when your players are thinking more as they are playing. They will know how to get in the right positions and how to create space to enable smooth passing combinations, making Diamond Passing Drills a video series that take your team to the next level.

“Passing and getting the ball up the pitch requires more than technique. It demands quick, accurate decision making as well”

Teaching players to think and play is one of the hardest challenges. The tendency can be to allow them to play based on instinct, and to leave them to improve their positioning at the same time as their technique. But providing drills that develop the muscle in their heads is just as important as drills for those in their legs.

It is essential to the team’s success that players are thinking all the time. Even when they are off the ball, they need to be thinking about how to pull defenders out of position, how to create space for advancing players and how to open up passing opportunities. Otherwise your team can be paralyzed by indecision and hesitancy, making it easy for opponents to intercept your passes and gain an advantage.

Diamond Passing Drills provides a highly effective way of training players to think and pass quicker and more accurately. The drills demonstrated by Sam Saif have been used to coach youth sides right up to elite professional players, with many ways in which they can be progressed. So whatever level you coach out, Diamond Passing Drills is packed with valuable insights on how you can develop one of your players’ most important muscles: their brain.

“Discover how to develop the skills of your players with insights from a coach with worldwide experience including 18 years at the academies of pro clubs in England”

 

What’s covered in Diamond Passing Drills

Diamond Passing Drills features a complete coaching session led by Brisbane Wolves’ head coach Sam Saif. He demonstrates how to use a progressive series of diamond drills to develop your players’ soccer brain along with smooth, accurate passing skills at the same time. What’s more, it is a coaching session he has used to train players at multiple skill levels, from under 8s to elite players.

Diamond Passing Drills begins with a straightforward warm-up in the diamond formation. Players pass to the next player in the diamond and then follow their pass to the next cone. This is then progressed slightly to players receiving the ball across their body to encourage movement off the ball, to develop their first touch and to create space for their pass. ‘Pass, set and spin’ is Sam’s methodology behind this drill. He also highlights how players can lose their marker simply by backtracking a few meters to create space in which to receive the ball.

The drill is again progressed with players brought into the middle of the diamond for making longer passes and to incorporate third man runs. If you play with a triangular midfield, you will find this section of the video series especially useful. The challenge is further raised with players instructed to perform passes with one touch only.

Sam Saif talking to the Academy players during his time at Sheffield United FC

Sam Saif now introduces overlap runs into the mix. This added complexity pushes players to the limit, with them constantly having to think about where they need to be and what they need to next to get the ball to the right player. Saif then finishes the session by explaining how the drill can be further progressed by condensing the diamond to encourage quicker passing and accuracy.

What you will gain from Diamond Passing Drills

Quickness in mind, quickness in feet is this video series’ philosophy. The drills start simple but quickly progress in both complexity and intensity to challenge your players’ ability to complete smooth, accurate passes and to get in the right positions to receive the ball.

From watching Diamond Passing Drills you will gain:

• A complete diamond drills coaching session with progressions
• Your players will develop a better understanding of where they need to be to receive the ball and what to do to get it to the next player, quickly and accurately
• Overlap runs and triangular passing moves will improve
• Your players will hesitate less and get the ball up the pitch quicker
• A higher pass completion rate
• Your players will develop more complex passing patterns
• Improvements to first touch, passing accuracy and pace
• Your players will enjoy the pace, intensity and challenge of the progressive diamond drills

As Saif mentions, quickness in mind, quickness in feet. A team that can’t think quickly off the ball can’t expect to be able to play with a high level of pace and accuracy. This is why it’s vital to ensure you know how to train your players’ decision making along with their technical skills. Diamond Passing Drills provides you with a complete session that shows you how to do it.

The drills in this video series have been used by the Sam Saif to train junior players right up to elite professionals. So whatever level you coach at, Diamond Passing Drills can be used to get your players’ minds working as quickly as their feet.

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WORLD CLASS COACHING is recognized globally for the quality of its soccer coaching resources, which are used by over 40,000 soccer coaches from around the world. Diamond Passing Drills unless it achieves our exceptionally high standards. However, if you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of Diamond Passing Drills after six months of implementing its drills and exercises then please contact us for a no quibbles refund.

“In today’s game, your players don’t have the luxury of standing around deciding what to do next. Sam Saif shows you how to ensure they’ve already decided before they’ve got the ball”

At every level, the pace of soccer is rising all the time. More flexible formations and an emphasis on counter attacking means that players are under constant pressure to make quick, accurate decisions, even when they are off the ball. This is why you need to provide them with agility training for their brains as well as their feet.

Diamond Passing Drills features a complete coaching session you can use to train your players to cope with the pace of the modern game. It shows you how to improve decision making at the same time as your players’ first touch and technique. When combined, this means your players will pass with more intelligence, creativity and accuracy. They will know what positions they need to be in and what to do when they receive the ball, leading to the creation of a more free flowing and fast paced side.

So if poor decision making and hesitancy is costing you games and your players can benefit from a boost to their soccer IQ, Diamond Passing Drills is the perfect video series for developing your team’s ‘quickness in mind and quickness in feet’.

Best Wishes,

Mike Saif
President

P.S. Diamond Passing Drills is a video series featuring a complete coaching session on improving your players’ thinking when off the ball. Professional coach Sam Saif demonstrates how to run a session which rapidly increases in intensity and challenges players to make quick, accurate decisions, along with smoother, more rapid passes.

P.P.S If you are not 100% satisfied with the quality of the soccer coaching resources in Diamond Passing Drills six months then we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked.

One last thing.  If you are an Elite Member, these videos are included so there is no need to purchase them here.  Just log in and click the WCC Video Library link and do a Keyword search for “Saif”.  If you are not an Elite Member, check it out here as you can have access to 9,000+ pages of drills/exercises, all new eBooks are included as well as 600+ coaching videos.

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