Relay 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. 2Split into teams of three or four behind separate start cones.
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. 4First player goes on the whistle and tags the next on return.
5. 5First team to complete three full rotations wins the round.

Progressions

• +Add a skill gate on the way back
• +Raise the demand once the group is consistently successful

Regressions

• -Shorten the distance
• -Simplify the area or the service until success returns

Variations

• -Teams pick the order of their runners each round
• -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
• -Setting off before the tag