15 min
10-15 players
Warm-up
Warm-up: deflection play and combination play (U18)
Excellent exercise for warm-up, your players practice layoff play and follow up to remain available for the ball carrier.
Description
Set up a field of 30m x 25m using cones. Place 5 players: one player on each cone and then one player in the middle of the area (support player).
The drill will proceed as follows:
1. The 1st player passes the ball to the next player and follows to take their position.
2. The 2nd player makes a...
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