Speed & Agility

Finishing Change of Direction Grid

Decelerate and re-accelerate safely

Speed & Agility

Football Fitness

Finishing Change of Direction Grid is a 14-minute speed & agility drill for 2-20 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need cones, balls. 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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Speed & Agility

Football Fitness

Technical Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Full Squad

Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Finishing

Duration

14 min

Players

2-20

Pitch size

24 x 24 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Change of Direction Grid — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 24 x 24 yards

Step 1 of 5Player sprints to a called cone, plants and returns to the middle.

1. Player sprints to a called cone, plants and returns to the middle.
2. Every third rep finishes with a pass off the central ball.
3. Rest twice as long as each work rep.
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

-Decelerate and re-accelerate safely
-Turn off both feet with control
-Build agility that transfers to the game

Setup

1Five cones in a cross pattern in a 24 x 24 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3Balls at the central cone.

Coaching instructions

1Player sprints to a called cone, plants and returns to the middle.
2Every third rep finishes with a pass off the central ball.
3Rest twice as long as each work rep.
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.