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Effective circuit station or activator ahead of a ball sport.
Challenge pairs to complete as many as possible in 30 seconds!
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Category Archives: Fitness
Cone Tag
– or one more cone than players (e.g. pentagon with cone in middle = 6 with four on sides and one in middle)
Dribble Race
– two cones maybe 10-15 yards apart
– two players, one with ball, one without
– each starts at a separate cone
– player without the ball has to tag player (dribbling) with the ball as they run around the cones
– progression: allow players to switch directions (maybe with a limit on how many times)
– from this post
Ladders, Hurdles, and Cones
Some great movements, drills, and info here.
I especially like the blind-shadow-shuffling.
https://www.amplifiedsoccerathlete.com/coachguide/ladders-hurdles-and-cones
Plyometrics Exercise
This is similar the movement from cone to cone laterally conditioning that I’ve done but the close range, balance, and plyometric aspect is an interesting variation. There are other videos on her feed of doing something similar to the cone to cone and numbering them but including math to get to the number, e.g. instead of saying ‘1’, she said 5/5, all to increase cognitive ability / keeping up with speed of play.
Boston Breakers Testing / Diagnostics
Saw this on the Boston Breakers Snapchat and thought it was a kind of cool glimpse behind the curtain, so to speak. Things that we all do on some level, but certainly most of us without that kind of athleticism or equipment (for the record, here’s the company that sells those automatic timers: Fusion Sport; and here’s the specific equipment (they were using the Pro version)).
I wasn’t sure how to capture it, though, but ran across the answer to that very question on iphoneinformer.com, and wrote up the instructions with some screenshots on my Tech-in-Ed blog here.
And here’s the video / captured snapchat:
Untitled from Ed DeHoratius on Vimeo.
Sigi Schmid – Developing Players Technically [SCCC 17] – Combination Play Warm-up
- A series of progressions based on a Y-formation of cones
- Passes should be made first touch if possible but two touch if necessary. Ok to take a touch to get the ball under control but shouldn’t take unnecessary touches.
This one begins with following the pass and moving the ball upfield.
Untitled from Ed DeHoratius on Vimeo.
This next one adds in a drop-off (#2) before moving the ball upfield.
Untitled from Ed DeHoratius on Vimeo.
This next one adds in further combinations, a bigger drop-off (#6) and a run and pass to space (#s 7 & 8).
Untitled from Ed DeHoratius on Vimeo.
And this last one removes the drop-off for instead a lateral pass (dropped off at an angle rather than a square pass) before the run and pass to space.
2017-02-25 10.09.52 from Ed DeHoratius on Vimeo.
- Body positioning is important: focus on being in position to deliver the next pass quickly and effectively without giving up positioning on the field – with #6 above, that run should be angled backwards rather than square not only to better set up the pass but also to allow the receiver to get back on defense if the pass is intercepted. If that pass is square, it becomes much more difficult for the receiver to get back on defense.
- These can also be used for conditioning, seeing how many can be done in a given amount of time.
Coaching Drills, Plays, Games, Analysis, and Ideas 