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Pre match warm up suggestions?

Anybody any suggestions for a pre-match warm up?

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi Nathan,

There's two good places you should look to find new ideas on site:

1. Football conditioned games - browse the games on site

2. Use the search bar This should be at the top of the page - this will find you drills, answered coach's questions and plans

Let me know how you get on with these links!

joe carsonCoach, Scotland

we do a passing and moving exercice called empty cone. if you have 6 players set up 7 markers/ cones. player with ball calls out a name, passes the ball to that person then moves to the empty cone.it gets the players making passes and looking for the space.

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