Speed & Agility

Wide Channel Reaction Sprint Pairs

Sharpen reaction speed off a cue

Speed & Agility

Football Fitness

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Wide Channel Reaction Sprint Pairs is a 10-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

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Duration

10 min

Players

2-20

Pitch size

28 x 16 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Wide Channel Reaction Sprint Pairs — Pairs facing each other · 28 x 16 yards

Step 1 of 5Coach cue releases one player to sprint and the other to chase.

1. Coach cue releases one player to sprint and the other to chase.
2. The winner takes a touch and finishes at the target.
3. Alternate who starts as the chaser.
4. The practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
5. End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.

Ball
Pairs working across a marked lane
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Sharpen reaction speed off a cue
-Develop the first three steps
-Add a football action after the sprint

Setup

1Pairs facing each other over a start line with a target 15 yards away in a 28 x 16 yards area.
2Mark five-yard channels down both touchlines with flat cones.
3Balls on the target line.

Coaching instructions

1Coach cue releases one player to sprint and the other to chase.
2The winner takes a touch and finishes at the target.
3Alternate who starts as the chaser.
4The practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
5End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.