Wide Channel Rondo Ladder

Objective

• -Keep the ball under pressure in a tight area
• -Find the pass through or around the press
• -Improve body shape and support angles

Setup

1. 1A rondo circle with defenders in the middle in a 18 x 18 yards area.
2. 2Mark five-yard channels down both touchlines with flat cones.
3. 3One ball, bibs for the middle players.

How to play

1. 1Outside players keep the ball away from the middle defenders.
2. 2Ten consecutive passes wins the round.
3. 3The defender who wins the ball swaps with the player who lost it.
4. 4The practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
5. 5End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.

Progressions

• +Defender allowed into the channel to make it live
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Channel is a free zone with no defender at all
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Switch the ball to the far channel before the end action
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Passing round the outside only
• -Standing flat on the cone
• -Everything funnelling into a crowded middle