Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Pre Season Fitness Drill 1

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Pre Season Fitness Drill 1.

In this fitness drill we need.

Cones.

Slalom Poles.

Mini Goal.

Hurdles.

Multi Coloured Cones.

Flat Markers.

• The drill starts with ball control. The player has to keep the ball close at all times and dribble the ball from the first cone to the next one. The player always goes back to the first cone. 

• Once the player gets to the last cone, he moves on to the slalom poles. Again we are looking at close control and how quick we can get around the slalom poles. Once the player gets to the end, the player passes the ball onto the mini goal. 

• The player then moves on to the hurdle jumps. The hurdles are set up so the player has to run to the next hurdle to jump. 

• After the hurdle jumps we come to the reaction area. Here a coach will call a colour before passing the ball. When the player receives the ball he has to dribble around that colour cone and get back in the middle before passing back to the coach. The coach can call multiple colours .

• When the player is done from the reaction area, the player has to sprint to the flat marker and sprint as fast as he can from that flat marker on to the next two. 

We can try this without the ball first so the players can get a good feel for it. We can progress it by removing the mini goal and have one of the coaches receiving and passing the ball back for the slalom poles. This would mean that the player has to dribble around the pole, pass the ball, wait to receive and turn to dribble on to the next one. 

Coaches Points.

• Make sure that apart from fitness, close control is being executed.
• Test speed and agility without the ball first then with the ball.
• See how players react in the reaction area. 
• For the third attempt try to time every player.

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