Warm Ups
Ball Tag & Fun Games
Fun, high-energy start to the session
Warm Ups
Dribbling
Speed & Agility
Ball Tag & Fun Games is a 10-minute warm ups drill for 6-24 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate level. You need balls, bibs, cones. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Dribbling
Speed & Agility
Warm Up
Beginner
Intermediate
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Quick 10 Minutes
Duration
10 min
Players
6-24
Pitch size
20 x 20 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate
Pitch diagram
Ball Tag & Fun Games — Four-corner square · 20 x 20 yards
Step 1 of 3Taggers dribble and try to tag others with their hand while keeping their ball.
- 1. Taggers dribble and try to tag others with their hand while keeping their ball.
- 2. Tagged players do five toe taps then rejoin.
- 3. Change taggers every 90 seconds.
- Cones mark the area
- Ball
- Cones mark each station in the shape
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Fun, high-energy start to the session
- -Dribbling under pressure without realising it
- -Awareness of others in a busy space
Setup
- 1Mark a square.
- 2Everyone has a ball, two players wear bibs as taggers.
- 3Spare balls outside the square.
Coaching instructions
- 1Taggers dribble and try to tag others with their hand while keeping their ball.
- 2Tagged players do five toe taps then rejoin.
- 3Change taggers every 90 seconds.
Coaching points
- -Head up to spot the taggers early
- -Change speed and direction to escape
- -Keep the ball close in traffic
- -Use the whole area, don't hide in a corner
Common mistakes
- -Kicking the ball far ahead to escape
- -Bunching into one corner
- -Head down while dribbling