Colour Call 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. 2Use four different cone colours on the corners 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. 4The coach calls a colour and the group reacts and travels to it.
5. 5Last player to arrive each round picks the next colour — keep it light-hearted.

Progressions

• +Call two colours in sequence
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Point as well as call the colour
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Colours mean a skill instead of a direction
• -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
• -Watching the ball and missing the call