Equipment
- 4 markers
- 1 cone
- sufficient balls to ensure continuity
Preparation
- Playing area: 15x15 meters
- Players: 16
- Duration: 11 minutes
- Series: 3 series of 3 minutes with 30 seconds of recovery between the series
Summary
Cognitive exercise for younger players to improve concentration and carrying the ballSecondary Objectives
Dribbling, Reaction time, Perception, Speed, Cognitive, Dribbling, Feints and tricks, Warm upOrganization
Form a 10x10 meters square using 4 different colored markers (red, yellow, green and blue in the figure). Place a cone at the centre of the square. Arrange the whole team in line 5 meters away from the square (as shown in the figure). Give a ball to each player.
Description
- The first player of the line (A) starts carrying the ball toward the cone at the centre of the square
- The coach calls for one marker ( yellow in the figure)
- Player A runs carrying the ball to the fixed cone
- The second player (B), after carrying the ball to the central cone, reaches the opposite cone of player A always carrying the ball
- The third player (C), after carrying the ball to the central cone, reaches one of the other two free cones of its choice
- The fourth player (D), after carrying the ball to the central cone, moves to the last cone
Coaching Points
- Give orders in different moments during the exercise to reduce the response times to the proper performing
- Impose complex sequences to increase difficulty stimulating players
- The cognitive exercise in football helps to reproduce the mental effort of the match, with different external stimuli and low reaction timings to situation changes
- Keep the ball close to the foot
- Try to perform sure ball touches
- Keep the bust leaning slightly forward during the ball carrying
- Keep the head up without looking at the ball
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