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Mirror Rondo Warm Up

Switch the brain on with a possession game

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Possession
Passing

Mirror Rondo Warm Up is a 10-minute warm ups drill for 5-20 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Duration

10 min

Players

5-20

Pitch size

12 x 12 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Mirror Rondo Warm Up1212 x 12 yards

Mirror Rondo Warm Up — Circle — pass around and through · 12 x 12 yards

Step 1 of 6Each circle keeps the ball away from one defender.

  1. 1. Each circle keeps the ball away from one defender.
  2. 2. Start on unlimited touches and reduce to two.
  3. 3. Rotate the defender every 60 seconds.
  4. 4. One line leads a movement and the opposite line copies it exactly.
  5. 5. Swap leaders every 45 seconds so everybody leads.
  6. 6. Rotation: Rotate the defender every 60 seconds.
  • Ball
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Circle organisation — players on the outside
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -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. 2Face players in two lines five yards apart with a ball each.
  3. 3One ball and one bib per circle.

Coaching instructions

  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. 4One line leads a movement and the opposite line copies it exactly.
  5. 5Swap leaders every 45 seconds so everybody leads.

Coaching points

  • -Move the feet before the ball arrives
  • -Support at an angle
  • -Keep the tempo comfortable at first
  • -Watch the leader's hips, not their ball

Common mistakes

  • -Full-blooded tackles in a warm up
  • -Circles too big to be useful
  • -Copying late instead of reacting

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