WALKING FOOTBALL DRILL - "RONDO" | Soccer/Football Coaching | Dribbling

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PLAYERS: 6 to 10 players 

Rondos are fantastic! A rondo is simply a small square or circle where the majority of players are trying to keep the ball off one or two players (like the old schoolyard game piggy in the middle).

For example, you could set up a circle with 6 players around the outside and two players inside the circle. The players around the outside are trying to pass the ball to their teammates while the two defenders in the middle are trying to intercept or block the pass. 

Note: Players on the outside aren’t allowed inside the circle.

If a defender successfully intercepts or blocks a pass they swap with the player that made the mistake.

Rondos work on passing, defending, communicating, movement, ball control, body shape, thinking ahead…so many things in such a small space and amount of time. 

A rondo is my go to drill when I want to get my players motivated and moving. It can be used as the first drill of a training session or as a warm up just before a game.

Variations: 

1. If you have 5 players play 4v1 in a square. If you have 6 players play 5v1 in a circle. 7 players and up, play two defenders in the middle.

Make sure that when you have two players in the middle, the player that has been in the longest goes out when the ball is intercepted even if they aren’t the player that won the ball.

This encourages teamwork and shows that you should work just as hard for your teammate as you would for yourself.

2. Defenders in the middle can either rotate out: each time they win the ball; or every 3 times they win the ball swap with new players: or keep the defenders in for a set amount of time (ie 1 minute) and then swap them out (see which defender/s can win the ball the most times).

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