TRAFFIC LIGHTS WARM UP

Traffic Lights Warm Up – from the FA Level 1 – coach needs three button cones, one red, one yellow , one green. 

The players are invited to dribble their football around the square at their own pace,  then introduce..... Get full drill here TRAFFIC LIGHTS WARM UP

The set up

A 20 by 20 yard square with each side being made up of button cones

You will need enough balls for each player to have one each.

Traffic Lights – from the FA Level 1 – coach needs three button cones, one red, one yellow , one green.  The players are invited to dribble their football around the square at their own pace,  then introduce the red cone – when held up by the coach means ‘Stop with your foot on the ball’,  continue the dribbling,  introduce the Yellow cone – means ‘turn’ (or do a step over or whatever coach chooses) so when the coach holds up the yellow cone the players must turn and move in the opposite direction (you could even specify a particular type of turn here if you wanted to),  introduce the green cone – means go – i.e. accelerate forward into space so long as it is safe to do so.  Once the player have been briefed on the meaning of each cone its just a matter of cycling through them as you see fit.  No verbal commands from the coach just the holding up of the cones – also the coach should move positions – idea is that the players have to look up not just down at the ball.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS WARM UP