I Can Do This Warm Up

  • Warm-up
  • U7 to U9
  • 4–18 players
  • Ball Mastery
  • Dribbling
I Can Do This Warm Up

Setup

You will require: 1 ball each / 16 cones, Create an area approx 25x20 yards or large enough to fit your group, each player has a ball

How it works

Start with no one having a ball and joining coach in the middle of your grid, Tell the players: “I can do this! Can you? and perform actions similar to as you would in a game of simon says, after a few introduce a ball to each player and begin asking them to do football actions like toe taps

Coaching points

  • Coordination
  • Body position
  • Awareness
  • Small touches
  • Use both feet
  • Keep ball close
  • Close control

Progressions

progression: Increase the difficulty of the tasks such as performing tasks on the move regression: Dependent on the actions you choose

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