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Warm up exercises for u10s?

Does anyone have any good warm up exercises to do with u10 teams that involve a ball?

Scott Coach, England

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi Scott,

Using the search bar at the top of the page I found these past answers for you:

Q. Warm up tips and ideas for before training?
Q. Pre match warm up suggestions?
Q. A decent pre-match warm up routine for U12s?

You can also look through our drills - the "passing" or "conditioned games" categories are a good place to start. Here's a link to fun team race that involves the ball - you can add your own variations too, such as passing or heading from the hands.

Drill. Over, under and in between

Hope these links help!

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