Pairs jogging and sprinting soccer warm up drill

This is a great soccer warm-up drill to get your players ready for a match with short jogging and sprinting runs.

Soccer warm-up drill with pairs

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Start your warm-ups with this soccer drill on match days because as players arrive for the game they can join in without causing disruption.

You need three cones, five yards apart and players in two rows. The warm-up is continual. Players need to concentrate on their own pace and no one else's.

Start off slowly, then move to quick jogging and sprinting. You can ask players to race to the end or sprint fast in the first zone, and jog in the second.

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