Moving the goal posts soccer warm up

A clever warm-up to test individuals in mind, action and precision.

How to set it up

You will need three footballs.
Position two footballs two metres apart so that, in effect, they act as goalposts. Place the other football in front of them.

Getting started

Get the player to pass the first ball between the other two balls.
Before that first ball has stopped rolling, the player must pass a second ball between the other two balls.
Count the number of goals scored. When a goal is missed, move to another player and see if he can better that score.

Why this works

This is a mentally taxing warm-up that relies on a calmness of thought as well as precision and poise in continually threading passes through a moving goal.

Your players will be perfecting angles, weight and direction of pass, arguably the three key elements to a footballer’s game.

This exercise is taken from The Ultimate Soccer Warm-Ups Manual.

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