Warm Ups
Team Possession Warm Up: Ball For Every Player
Warm up with a team-based game
Warm Ups
Possession
Passing
Team Possession Warm Up: Ball For Every Player is a 12-minute warm ups drill for 8-20 players, suitable for Under 5 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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Possession
Passing
Warm Up
Beginner
Intermediate
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Maximum Touches
Ball Mastery
Duration
12 min
Players
8-20
Pitch size
30 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate
Pitch diagram
Team Possession Warm Up: Ball For Every Player — Two lines working across the area · 30 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 4Keep-ball with neutrals playing for the team in possession.
- 1. Keep-ball with neutrals playing for the team in possession.
- 2. Six passes scores a point.
- 3. Three rounds of three minutes.
- 4. Every player works with their own ball so no one waits in a queue.
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Two facing lines — pass and follow
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Warm up with a team-based game
- -Get everyone passing early
- -Set the tempo for the session
Setup
- 1A 30 x 25 area with cones.
- 2Two teams plus two neutrals.
- 3Balls on the sidelines.
Coaching instructions
- 1Keep-ball with neutrals playing for the team in possession.
- 2Six passes scores a point.
- 3Three rounds of three minutes.
- 4Every player works with their own ball so no one waits in a queue.
Coaching points
- -Pass and move immediately
- -Angles of support early
- -Raise the tempo each round
- -Maximise touches in the time available
- -Head up to avoid traffic in a busy space
Common mistakes
- -Walking pace passing
- -No movement off the ball
- -Chasing in ones