Fun Warm Up Games 5/5 (37)

We have a new range of Mitre water bottles available to help keep your players hydrated during training. These fun warm up games are the perfect way to start any training session – devised by the current Watford U16’s coach.

Swedish Hand Ball 

Structure:

-Set up the area as above suiting the needs of your players .

Game 1: 1st to 20 consecutive passes

-Team mates pass the ball through hands.

-A player receiving the ball must control the ball legally and then catch it.

-Defending team only have to catch the ball to regain possession.

Game 2: 1st to make 10 one touch passes

-Team in possession continue to pass through hands and control the ball legally before catching it.

-The receiving player can either:
1.Secure the ball (control and catch)
2.Pass the ball to a team mate using one touch.

Game 3: 1st team to score 10 goals

-The player receiving the ball can either:
1.Secure the ball (control and catch)
2.Pass the ball to a team mate using one touch.
3.Score in the goal one touch if they received a one touch pass.

Throw Head Catch

Structure:

-Set up the area as above suiting the needs of the players.

Rules:

-Blues score in one goal and whites the other.

-The team in possession throw the ball to team mates.

-However a player receiving a throw must head it to a team mate.

-This process continues…throw, head and catch.

-The opposition can regain the ball with a catch at any time and then they follow the throw, head and catch process.

-If the ball drops then it is possession to the team who did not have the last touch..

Progressions:

-If the team in possession make five one touch passes the counts as five goals.

-The defending team must regain possession in the same sequences either with a throw or head.

Training sessions by Louis Lancaster in association with Discount Football Kits.