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Mortiz Kossmann - Passing

Mortiz Kossmann - Passing

In part five of a series looking at building on basic skills, MORITZ KOSSMANN discusses with STEPH FAIRBAIRN the secret language of transferring the ball.

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Passing is more than just transferring the ball from one player to the other. At the elite levels, in particular, it is like a secret language, full of non-verbal signals and triggers, underpinned by players’ ability to see the bigger picture in their heads.


Moritz - who has now moved on from his role at Ubuntu Football Academy to become DStv Diski Challenge coach and head of youth at Cape Town City - sat down with Steph Fairbairn to discuss how passing can be used as a form of communication, the decision-making that goes into it and why the actions after a pass are so crucial...

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