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Recovery Rondo Warm Up

Switch the brain on with a possession game

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Possession
Passing

Recovery 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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Recovery

Duration

10 min

Players

5-20

Pitch size

16 x 16 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Recovery Rondo Warm Up1216 x 16 yards

Recovery Rondo Warm Up — Circle — pass around and through · 16 x 16 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. Players move at conversation pace throughout — no sprinting at all.
  5. 5. No score. Finish with the group in a circle for feedback.
  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 16 x 16 yards area.
  2. 2Mark a wide, calm walking loop around the working area.
  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. 4Players move at conversation pace throughout — no sprinting at all.
  5. 5No score. Finish with the group in a circle for feedback.

Coaching points

  • -Move the feet before the ball arrives
  • -Support at an angle
  • -Keep the tempo comfortable at first
  • -Breathe steadily and bring the heart rate down

Common mistakes

  • -Full-blooded tackles in a warm up
  • -Circles too big to be useful
  • -Turning a cool down into another competition

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