Colour call soccer warm up drill

You can use this soccer drill with your younger players or as a warm-up drill for any age group. It encourages players to use their senses to follow the coach's orders. Warm-up drills are an important part of your soccer coaching sessions and match day preparation.

Soccer warm-up drill to get players using their senses to follow order

Run the soccer warm-up drill

A player must stand in the centre of a circle of balls placed on top of different coloured cones.
The player must react to you calling out a colour.
The player must knock the ball off the coloured cone called, then react to the next call.
Once all the balls have been knocked off, the player must sprint out of the circle and past you.

How to progress the soccer drill

Play this soccer drill adding a competitive edge.
Have two or three circles marked out, with one player in each. The players must now race to be the first player past the soccer coach.

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