Different Types of Passing

Passing To a Player

Passing the ball directly to the persons feet is a good thing when under pressure, to get out of pressure. If you have mastered this, you can try to get the ball to the foot the person is stronger with, this will help you and your teammates out a lot. If your teammate is being marked, you want to pass it to his foot that the defender is on the other side of. When you are being tightly marked you can either throw a fake in, or you can check in to the ball to receive it quicker.

Passing into Space
This type of ball is frequently used when the pace of the game is at high. While your teammate passes the ball into space, you run onto it, eventually receiving the ball. Timing and accuracy are crucial to this pass, the player passing must notice how fast his teammate is going and play the ball in front of him at the correct speed.

The Wall Pass

The one-two pass or wall pass are combinations where one of the attacking players passes to a teammate who runs into the space, where the ball is played. The player receiving the ball one touches it out into space while the player who passed it to him, runs around the opposing player, into space.

Through Ball

Also known as tunnel passing, it will surely bring havoc (or at least some disorganization) to the defense by taking some of them out of play. Through balls are usually executed without a preparation touch and require good timing. Ball movement in general leads to the opening of passing lanes. When passing it, you want it to go between two players, spliting them up, and have your teammate run onto the ball. This pass is very good for quick break aways and can create many opportunities.

The Chip Pass

This pass is a little more difficult, but can be really helpful. What you need to do is learn how to chip the ball, what you do is mostly getting your foot under the ball. The ball will fly over the opponents and your teammate can run onto the ball towards the goal. The only difficult part, is hitting the ball at the exact power, so that your teammate can get to the ball before their keeper can.