Possession
Continuous Rondo Ladder
Keep the ball under pressure in a tight area
Possession
Passing
Receiving
Premium
Continuous Rondo Ladder is a 16-minute possession drill for 5-12 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
Back to drill libraryPossession
Passing
Receiving
Technical Practice
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Repetition
Duration
16 min
Players
5-12
Pitch size
14 x 14 yards
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Continuous Rondo Ladder — Circle — pass around and through · 14 x 14 yards
Step 1 of 5Outside players keep the ball away from the middle defenders.
- 1. Outside players keep the ball away from the middle defenders.
- 2. Ten consecutive passes wins the round.
- 3. The defender who wins the ball swaps with the player who lost it.
- 4. As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
- 5. Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Circle organisation — players on the outside
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Keep the ball under pressure in a tight area
- -Find the pass through or around the press
- -Improve body shape and support angles
Setup
- 1A rondo circle with defenders in the middle in a 14 x 14 yards area.
- 2Load a ball at each starting station so the next rep can begin immediately.
- 3One ball, bibs for the middle players.
Coaching instructions
- 1Outside players keep the ball away from the middle defenders.
- 2Ten consecutive passes wins the round.
- 3The defender who wins the ball swaps with the player who lost it.
- 4As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
- 5Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.
Coaching points
- -Open the body to see both sides
- -Split the defenders when the gap appears
- -Support at an angle, not flat
- -Reset fast — the value is in the volume of good reps
Common mistakes
- -Passing round the outside only
- -Standing flat on the cone
- -Long queues while balls are collected
Where this drill fits
- More football possession drills
- More football passing drills
- More football receiving drills
- football drills for U8s
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme