Watch Bayern Munich or Barcelona play rondos and you will see fast, one-touch passing and players using innovative ways to keep the ball or win it back.
Rondos means “round” in Spanish, but they can be set up in a square grid as well as a circle. They can be anything from 8×8 yards/metres to a half pitch depending on the skill level of the players or the aspect of play to be worked on.
“It’s all about rondos. Rondo, rondo, rondo. Every single day. It’s the best exercise there is. You learn responsibility and not to lose the ball. If you lose the ball, you go in the middle. Pum-pum-pumpum, always one touch. If you go in the middle, it’s humiliating, the rest applaud and laugh at you.” Xavi, FC Barcelona
Rondos – Special Training Guide contains 15 games to promote one and two touch passing, rhythm of play and tempo, creativity and expression. Teach your players about coaching first, second and third line passes, short passing and movement off the ball.
Using Rondos will help your players develop many key elements in their game including:
- Technical skills
- One and two touch passing
- Decision making skills
- Creativity and expression
- Improved control
- Physical conditioning
- Competitiveness
- Rhythm of play
- Tempo
The guide contains 15 activities:
WARM-UPS
TOP TIPS FOR RONDOS SUCCESS
1.SIMPLE RONDO
2.FULL SQUAD RONDO
3.FINAL PASS RONDO
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
4. PASSING PAIRS
5. PRESSING
6. PRESS THE BALL
7. COMBINATION
8. CONTROL GAME
9. RONDO WIN THE BALL
10.RONDO SHOOT ON SIGHT
OVERLOAD DECISIONS
11. 6V4 PLAY OUT
12. 7V4 CREATING SPACE
13. 6V3 COMBINATIONS
14. 5V2 PASS AND MOVE
15. 2V1/1V1 DECISIONS
Neil Hall –
This season I have really enjoyed a utilized the Rondo drills to build team cohesion and trust in each other.
I have players (high school team) together from multiple clubs and it is always a challenge to get them to gel together and develop team play.
The use of fast paced, pass combination heavy Rondos has helped them begin to anticipate where and how their teammates will play a ball and provide support.
– Neil Hall – USA