Upper Leg Power Drill

  • Technical
  • U14 to U16
  • 2–20 players
  • Physical
  • Passing
Upper Leg Power Drill

Setup

You will require: 16 cones / 5 hurdles, Set up 5 hurdles ideally of increasing size, set up a cone gate at the start and a player with a ball 5 meters on the other side, add a cone 1 meter to the left of the final hurdle

How it works

Designed to increase the power of the thighs and hamstrings, players double jump over 5 hurdles, of increasing size, play a 1-2 pass with another player positioned by a cone, side step round a cone to the side, they then turn and explode back to the start

Coaching points

  • Strength
  • Coordination
  • Balance
  • Speed
  • One touch

Progressions

progression: Introduce additional exercise such as step ladders to work on long strides regression: Remove the ball aspect