Flow 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 14 x 14 yards area.
2. 2Spread the starting cones so nobody has to queue for more than a few seconds.
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. 4Everyone starts moving on the whistle and keeps flowing without stopping.
5. 5No score — the aim is smooth, unbroken movement for the full block.

Progressions

• +Add a second lap at a higher tempo
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Shorten the block and add a walking lap
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Pair players up so they mirror each other's route
• -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
• -Queues forming at one cone