Football/Soccer Session (Advanced): [2021] Technical box - warmup

Screen 1

Square is roughly 7x7m. 

Exercise is for 5 players be could be modified if have a group of 4 or 6

In this example with 5 players, ball must start with side which has 2 players. 

To begin, player with ball will pass to anyone on the outside, and then run and take up his position. This continues on. 

Aim should be to make it one touch with ball moving quickly. If two touch, should be a sharp first touch and quick pass to keep the exercise at a fast pace and high level. Pitch conditions permit with whether or not players can do 1 touch.

Progression 2

Harder exercise to finish to test if players are thinking and switched on.

1) We start with player on the ball, passing to anyone on the outside, and then closing that player down as a passive defender. In example above, 5 is receiving ball, and 3 is applying pressure. When 5 receives ball, he now needs to play a bounce with a teammate to get around the passive defender (player 3). In situation above, 5 is looking to bounce with a player to his left or right, which would be either player 1 or 4. He will bounce with either player, move forward in front of passive defender and receive ball back. Now 5 will repeat what has just happened - he will pass to a teammate on the outside, close down space as passive defender and so on.

From 7:20 in attached video

Key points:

Passive defender to make sure after he passes, he closes down the space 

Can we make the bounce game like - 1 touch and quickly moving around passive defender

Stay switched on and focused in the exercise and all players play a different role each time.