Warm Ups

Warm Up Rondo: Team Target

Warm up with the ball

Warm Ups
Passing
Possession

Warm Up Rondo: Team Target is a 10-minute warm ups drill for 5-18 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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Passing
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Duration

10 min

Players

5-18

Pitch size

12 x 12 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Warm Up Rondo: Team Target1212 x 12 yards

Warm Up Rondo: Team Target — Circle — pass around and through · 12 x 12 yards

Step 1 of 4Keep the ball away from the middle players.

  1. 1. Keep the ball away from the middle players.
  2. 2. Middle players swap after a regain.
  3. 3. Three rounds of two minutes.
  4. 4. The whole group works to a shared score target and repeats the round if they miss it.
  • Ball
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Circle organisation — players on the outside
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Warm up with the ball
  • -Get early touches and passes
  • -Switch the brain on

Setup

  1. 1Circle of cones twelve yards across.
  2. 2Players around the outside, one or two inside.
  3. 3One ball per group.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Keep the ball away from the middle players.
  2. 2Middle players swap after a regain.
  3. 3Three rounds of two minutes.
  4. 4The whole group works to a shared score target and repeats the round if they miss it.

Coaching points

  • -Pass firmly along the ground
  • -Move a step before receiving
  • -Talk and encourage
  • -Encourage teammates through the tough round
  • -Hold the standard when tired

Common mistakes

  • -Cold, heavy passes
  • -Standing flat footed
  • -Middle player jogging

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