Michael Carrick: the art of passing

Having a great understanding of how a pass will hurt the opposition and what the risk against the reward of the pass is, will significantly help your players develop their passing.

Checking as far forward as possible should be the first check. If this pass isn’t available, then your players should check further back until there is a pass available.

The first things considered should be to get forward quickly and to be ready to receive in a position where you a ready to make the intended pass.