Running in pairs



Simple changes of speed
This is a great warm-up to get your players ready for a match with short jogging and sprinting runs.

Key elements

Running to loosen muscles

Start your warm-ups with this exercise on match days because as players arrive for the game they can join in without causing disruption.

You need three cones 5 yards apart and players in two rows. The warm-up is continual. Players need to concentrate on their own pace not their partners’.

Start off slowly, then move to quick jogging and sprinting. You can make it simply race to the end or fast in the first zone slow in the second.