Pass and Move
In a marked area, small groups keep the ball moving with short passes and every passer must swim to a new space – teaching support play.
- Stages
- Water Polo – Stage 9, Water Polo – Stage 10
- Difficulty
- Developing
- Skills
- Passing, Water Polo Movement, Game Awareness
- Equipment
- Float, Water Polo Ball
- Age
- 8–99 years
- Group size
- 4–16 swimmers
- Time
- About 7 minutes
- In a lesson
- Skill Development 2, Game / Consolidation
- Shared by
- SwimShare Resource
Safety notes
- No contact; spread out to avoid clashing heads when catching.
What it develops
- Understand basic positions and spacing
- Simple attacking ideas: space, movement and support
How to run it
- Mark an area; groups of four have one ball.
- Pass to any team-mate; after passing, swim at least two metres to new space.
- Receivers call and show a hand.
- Count passes in a minute; then add the rule 'no passing back to the person who passed to you'.
Teaching cues
- Pass and go.
- Show a hand, call a name.
- Find space away from others.
Make it easier
- Larger area, three players.
Make it harder
- Add one passive, then active (no contact) defender.
- Two-touch maximum.
Common faults
- Bunching around the ball.
- Standing still after passing.
Corrections
- 'Spread out like a big triangle.'
- 'Move as soon as the ball leaves your hand.'
Assistant / L1 role
- Count passes for one group and call out 'spread out' when players bunch, using the teacher's cue.