Strength and power

A more advanced warm-up to get players working and thinking about the session ahead



Key elements
Speed, strength, balance, shooting

How to play it
Arrange the players in pairs and tell them to react to your whistle. You need balls in each part of the warm-up.

Whistle 1 – the players sprint into the first area where the first one to the ball must keep it and hold the other player off. After 15 seconds the coach whistles again...

Whistle 2 – the players leave the ball and sprint into the second area, again trying to be first to the ball and hold the other player off. After 15 seconds the coach whistles again...

Whistle 3 – the players react and sprint to get a first time shot at goal.

The players then become servers. The servers now jog back to the starting position. The whistles work on a conveyor-belt effect. On each whistle a new pair is entering
an area that the previous pair has just left.