Feyenord Rotterdam u12 agility & coordination | cognition | fitness | fun

Something a little different from the Dutch academy. As a kid we used to play a (non-soccer) game similar to this with a deck of cards. It was called ‘concentration’. All the cards would be laid face down on the floor or table and you had to find 2 of the same cards. Same concept here.

Soccer is a “read and react” sport so players must have quick reaction times. Reaction time is the time taken for players to react to a given on-field stimulus. Players face specific on-field situations in quick succession and must respond accordingly and coaches can help their players improve their reaction times for better outcomes in training.

There are 6 different colored pairs of cones. Each small cone is covered by a large cone. The players, one at a time race to the grid and can only lift 2 large cones. If they find a match they race back to their group with the two large cones, then the next player goes. If a player lifts 2 large cones but does not find a match he puts the large cones back down and races back to his group for the next player to try. Once all the matches have been found, the group with the most large cones wins.

For more of a challenge, you could double the number of colored cones as well incorporate agility hurdles, ladders etc in the race up to the grid. You could also have the players dribble a ball up to and back from the grid. Let me know in the comments what you think of this one.

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