Soccer warm-up for stretching and dribbling

This is a good way to warm young players up so they don't strain their muscles when they reach match speed.

How to play it

Split your players into two teams.
One team performs some dynamic and static stretching exercises of their choice.
The other team dribbles in and out of the stretching players and does various skills and nutmegs (passing the ball between their legs) on them.
On your whistle, the players switch roles.

The practice can be progressed to include:

The dribbling players making one-two passes with the stretching players.
The dribbling players pass to the stretching players and tell them to turn and dribble.

This warm-up is taken from The Ultimate Soccer Warm-Ups Manual which is designed to put fun back into your training and make your sessions easier to coach.

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