Warm Ups
Team Possession Warm Up: Reaction Start
Warm up with a team-based game
Warm Ups
Possession
Passing
Team Possession Warm Up: Reaction Start 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
Speed & Agility
Reaction Speed
Competitive
Duration
12 min
Players
8-20
Pitch size
30 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate
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 repetition begins from a visual or audio cue rather than a set count.
Coaching points
- -Pass and move immediately
- -Angles of support early
- -Raise the tempo each round
- -Load the first step and explode on the cue
- -Stay light on the toes while waiting
Common mistakes
- -Walking pace passing
- -No movement off the ball
- -Chasing in ones