build · 8 min · tutorial
Scan-and-receive diamond
Check both shoulders before the ball is struck, then receive on the back foot.
Start tracker
Yellow, lime, or orange ball in frame. Both rings = a rep. Count stays on this phone.
The picture
Start: receiver checks shoulders before the ball is struck.
Four cones in a diamond. Receiver in the middle. Server at the base. A scanning cue at the far cone. Ball played in, first touch out the opposite side.
Set up
12x12m diamond · ball, 4 cones, wall or partner
- 01Build a diamond with 8–10m sides.
- 02Receiver starts in the middle.
- 03Server (or wall) at the base cone.
How to do it
- 01Server shows the ball. Receiver must scan the far cone before the pass is played.
- 02Receive on the back foot and play out through a side cone.
- 03Rotate roles every 90 seconds.
- Scan early — not as the ball is travelling.
- Body shape already open as the ball arrives.
- First touch has a next pass, not a stop.