DIRECTIONAL WARM UP

Organisation

• Size of playing area will vary depending on age of players etc. Size of playing area will vary depending on age of players etc.

• 4 players are organised within each 15x15 grid. Players pass & move in area.

• On the coach’s command players leave their ball & change groups individually or together clockwise & perform the following movements;

• Calf swings or straight leg jogging

• Hamstring volleys (hip flexors)

• Thigh volleys or heels to buttocks

• Groin abductors / adductors

• Lunges

• Intensity should be gradual leading into higher intensity bounding movements (including lateral) to prepare for g(g)pp extended warm up to develop speed, strength, power.

• Such movements can also be performed in the area in the centre of the squares.

• Progressions on the coach’s command;

•1 Player passes clockwise & follows yp

• 1 player’s pass is met by a supporting player from the new group, 1-2 & player 1 passes into the new area (As shown)

• O1 to O2 who lets the ball run to a supporting player (Yorke/Cole combo)

• Players must come off to receive at angles

•O1 to O2, O2 back to O1, O1 slides ball down side of a waiting ,, g O2

• O1 plays a 1-2 with O2 & transfers via a longer diagonal pass to the third group

• Pass to the next group must be a certain type, eg, chip, lob, drive etc

• Pass must be controlled in a certain way, eg chest etc

• Pass & join the group diagonally opposite yours.