The players are in a numbers up
keepaway exercise. They are playing in a grid. The ball is moving,
but there still seems to be something wrong with the scene. Then you
realize, the players are all standing in the same area of the
grid--there is no player movement. This
is a common occurrence in a numbers up exercise, but you don't want to
have a common team.
By making one adjustment, the
coach should see a big difference in the play. Have the passer always
move quickly to different space (even if another player is there)
after making pass. He can follow the pass or just move to different
space. Now the other players who are not receiving the pass need to
move to different space to support the football or to make room for
the passer to run into. This needs to happen on every pass.
Now your keepaway exercise
should be more appealing to the eye and your
team's ball possession should improve.
"If we do not want a challenge, distort
the opponent's
sense of location." Sun Tzu, The Art of War