Possession

Finishing Rondo Ladder

Keep the ball under pressure in a tight area

Possession

Passing

Receiving

Finishing 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.

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Possession

Passing

Receiving

Technical Practice

Intermediate

Advanced

Full Squad

Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Finishing

Duration

16 min

Players

5-12

Pitch size

16 x 16 yards

Ability levels

Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Rondo Ladder — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 16 x 16 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. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the 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 16 x 16 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
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.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.