Get brains and muscles into gear with this quick warm-up for training. It works on movement, agility and vision.
Set out a 5 yard square with different coloured cones in each corner and a home cone in the middle.
Work for 30 seconds and swap around. Perform three sets, gradually increasing the intensity.
in Ball Control and Footwork, Email newsletters
Last night I played 5v2 for half an hour with stops to show what it was I wanted the players to do when they were either trying to play the ball or working in pairs. Players make a lot of mistakes in games like this but mistakes are one of the best ways the players can learn and understand the game. MORE
This session works on encouraging communication and good passing and getting players to drive into space and hit the target. MORE
in Ball Control and Footwork, Small Sided Games
The session is all about time on the ball and players making decisions in attack and defence. Puts skills into game context MORE
in Arrival activities, Rondos, Warm Ups
My go to activities when players have had been on the summer break are Rondos – and with this being one of the longest breaks from playing due to lockdown I am going to be using Rondos over the next few weeks to get players back up to speed. MORE
in Attacking, Ball Control and Footwork
This session is designed to help coaches look at the decision-making of the players. Can they take on the defender 1v1? Or is the right decision to keep possession by passing to a team-mate? MORE
in Email newsletters, Warm Ups
I cannot second guess when we will all be out of this strange way of coaching with no opposed sessions but hopefully it will be fairly soon. To that end I continually remind myself that I will be going back to getting my players warmed up in a different way to how I am doing it at the moment. MORE
