20 min
12-24 players
Conditioning

Speed-Strength Work in Possession Game Across 4 Colored Squares (U20)

A speed-strength pre-season exercise ideal for developing explosiveness, repeated maximum efforts and reactive response using the ball as a competitive support.

Description

Mark out 4 squares of 10x10m arranged in a 2x2 grid. Divide your players into 4 teams of 3, one team per square, with 1 ball per team. Place extra balls around the squares to limit dead time.
The exercise will proceed as follows:
1. In each square, the 3 players pass to each other while moving fr...

Speed-Strength Work in Possession Game Across 4 Colored Squares

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