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Partner Youth Movement Games

Develop coordination and agility through games

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Partner Youth Movement Games is a 10-minute football fitness drill for 4-24 players, suitable for Under 5 to Under 11 at beginner, intermediate level. You need balls, 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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Fitness Type: Movement
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Duration

10 min

Players

4-24

Pitch size

20 x 20 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Partner Youth Movement Games1220 x 20 yards

Partner Youth Movement Games — Pairs facing each other · 20 x 20 yards

Step 1 of 5Play tag, follow-the-leader and shadow games inside the square.

  1. 1. Play tag, follow-the-leader and shadow games inside the square.
  2. 2. Every game finishes with a dribbling lap of the square.
  3. 3. Keep rounds short and change the game often.
  4. 4. Partners start together and take it in turns to lead the movement.
  5. 5. Pairs count how many clean reps they complete together in two minutes.
  • Ball
  • Pairs working across a marked lane
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Develop coordination and agility through games
  • -Build fitness without adult conditioning work
  • -Keep every player smiling and moving

Setup

  1. 1An open square with coloured cones on the corners in a 20 x 20 yards area.
  2. 2Pair players up and give each pair one ball and a home cone.
  3. 3A ball each and plenty of spare cones.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Play tag, follow-the-leader and shadow games inside the square.
  2. 2Every game finishes with a dribbling lap of the square.
  3. 3Keep rounds short and change the game often.
  4. 4Partners start together and take it in turns to lead the movement.
  5. 5Pairs count how many clean reps they complete together in two minutes.

Coaching points

  • -Movement should look like play, not training
  • -Change direction often
  • -Short games, frequent changes
  • -Talk to your partner and match their tempo

Common mistakes

  • -Long runs with no ball
  • -Adult conditioning drills for young players
  • -One partner doing all the work

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