Challenge Rondo Warm Up

Objective

• -Switch the brain on with a possession game
• -Warm the body with short, sharp movements
• -Get every player touching the ball early

Setup

1. 1Small rondo circles of five or six players in a 12 x 12 yards area.
2. 2Write three personal challenges on a cone at each station.
3. 3One ball and one bib per circle.

How to play

1. 1Each circle keeps the ball away from one defender.
2. 2Start on unlimited touches and reduce to two.
3. 3Rotate the defender every 60 seconds.
4. 4Players pick the challenge level they want to attempt first.
5. 5Each player logs a personal best and tries to beat it next week.

Progressions

• +Everyone moves up one level
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Add an extra attempt at each level
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Players design a fourth challenge themselves
• -Run the practice on the opposite side of the pitch

Common mistakes

• -Full-blooded tackles in a warm up
• -Circles too big to be useful
• -Choosing the easy level every time