Circuit 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 16 x 16 yards area.
2. 2Build four numbered mini-stations around the outside of the area.
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. 4Groups start at their own station and move round on the coach's call.
5. 5Two minutes per station with a 30-second walk between.

Progressions

• +Add a fifth station
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Drop to three stations and lengthen the rest
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Players choose their own station order
• -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
• -Rushing through stations without technique