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Hoop Core Relay! 💪🏻🔥
Team relay race involving muscular endurance of the core!
Follow up race is to return the hoops to their starting position!
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React-a-catch! 🎾🏏🏃🏻♂️💨
Working pupil has to react to which hand the ball is released from and move around that side of the curve to make the catch.
Alternate roles regularly, can be applied to handball, netball, basketball and goalkeeping.
1 v 1 Cone Battle! 👣🔥🏃🏼♀️🏃🏻♂️💨
Speed, acceleration and coordination all combined in this 1 v 1 challenge.
Any mistakes will be punished, efficiency is key!
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Core Ball! 💪🏻⚽️🔥
A series of exercises that can incorporate a ball to develop core strength.
Challenge pupils to develop their own exercises on their own or in a pair.
Catch & Crouch! 🏐🧠💥
Catch and react game to keep everyone on their toes.
Adjacent to the catcher, pupils must crouch. Can groups build an error free sequence of 10+?
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Balance Square Challenge! ⚖️🔥
Excellent challenge to focus upon movement quality and balance!
Can any pupil make it around the full square with a wobble?
Pupils to work in pairs and compete to see how many cones they can turn without error!
T Races! 🏃🏼♀️💨
Simple team race pattern that incorporates agility, reaction time and acceleration.
Keep score between teams and adjust starting distance to ensure fairness if required!
Exeter City Dance in Time! 🕺🏿🔥
Love this, simple yet fun way to develop using the beat within Dance lessons.
Set groups away to work on smaller versions set out with cones.
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Hot Potato Tig! 🔥🥔🏃🏻♂️💨
Simple yet fun warm-up game to test reaction time, coordination and acceleration!
Pupils react to teacher command to accelerate away from their partner.
First Time Triangle! 🔺⚽️🔥
Passing exercise that enables a focus on accuracy, communication and body position when receiving the ball.
Begin or continue with 2 touch if required.
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8 Ball Mastery Exercises! ⚽️🔥
Four cones, one ball and infinite possibilities for exercises that can be used to develop close control and mastery of the ball.
Encourage balanced body position and quick feet while performing the exercises.
Cone Air Hockey! 🏒🥅
Phone warmup game that can be incorporated into a ladder system to provide that competitive element.
Same concept can work outdoors with balls being rolled too.
Hot Potato Tag! 🔥🥔🏃🏻♂️💨
Fun activator to test reaction times
On command, whoever has the ball must evade capture.
Transferable too! ⚾️🏏
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Core Coordination! 💪🏻🧠
Develop core muscular stability and endurance along with coordination in this team activity.
Begin with one ball and build it up!
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2 balls, 1 goal, 1v1! ⚽️🔥
Agility, decision making, defending and shooting all crammed into this competitive and fun activity.
Keep score in a penalty shoot out scoring system and rotate roles after each attempt!
Balance Square! ⚖️🟧🟨
Excellent challenge that focuses on the importance of balance, control and strength in the legs.
A stumble results in a restart, can pupils complete a full square without error?
Pass & Pivot! ⚽️🔥
Fluent activity looking at different methods to receive the ball on the turn.
Encourage communication and an acceleration once the ball is received.
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Passing Ladder! 🪜⚽️
Excellent activity to focus on pass weight, movement, scanning and control over a range of distances.
Rotate roles between static and moving players regularly.
Concept works in handball, hockey and basketball too! 🤾🏻♀️🏑🏀
Passing Lane! 🛣⚽️🔥
Fluent passing pattern that encourages movement, scanning, communication and passing accuracy.
Focus upon the importance of creating an angle for the pass by moving.
Ball Reactions! 🧠⚽️🔥
Range of different ball reaction games where players must react to the coach commands.
Be creative, add your own or allow pupils to add their own commands too!
3 to win! 3️⃣🏃🏻♂️💨
Love this simple concept that incorporates endurance and decision-making.
First pupil to get 3 cones in their corner wins.
Can play in pairs too!
Ball Collect! 🎾🔥
Excellent anaerobic activity that focuses upon coordination and changing direction effectively.
Follow-up activity can be the next pupil returning the balls to the cones from the basket.
Hoop Rhythm! 🕺🏿💃🏻🎶🔥
Brilliant way to encourage pupils to follow the beat in a song.
Love the teacher leading the way too! 🕺🏿
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Prison Break! ⚽️🔥
Similar to a clip shown the other day but this demonstrates how it can work with a ball.
Encourages defending players to close down space too.
Circle Chase! ⭕️⚽️🔥
Begin without a ball before building up to chase and evasion whilst dribbling.
Great way to encourage younger players to get their head up whilst dribbling.
Pass, Duck & Shuffle! 🎾🔥✋🏻👁️
Fun team activity looking at a range of fundamental motor skills.
Team compete until they are back in their starting position!
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Ninja Tag! 🥷🏃🏻♂️💨
Player at the back must sneak up on the catcher and decide to escape to the left or right.
Catcher can peak over the shoulder but must stay forward facing.
Encourage feints and drops of the shoulder to outwit the opponent.
Man U Sprint Races! 🏃🏼♀️💨🏃🏼♀️💨🏃🏼♀️💨
Fun team races that look at multi directional movement at speed in a competitive environment.
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The basic layout of resources can be modified to change the race each time.
1v1 - Two Goals. ⚽️🔥
Brilliant activity that brings together so many different skill areas within football.
Rotate between attacker and defender and keep track of the score.
Snatch and Go! 🏃🏼♀️💨
Reaction time and acceleration put to the test in this 1 v 1 tag challenge!
Adjust distances of the starting gap and finish line to suit the group.
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1 v 1 attacking.
Defender must touch a cone after the pass.
Transferable idea to other sporting contexts.
Rotate roles every 2-3 minutes or after each repetition.
Pass & Set Combo! ⚽️🔥
Four player passing combination completed at a good tempo over a close distance.
Begin at close range and then complete the same combination over a range of longer distances.
3s a Crowd! 🏃🏼♀️🏃🏻♂️💨
Classic, exciting tag variation that gets the brain working! 🧠
How long can a group work together to keep the chaser chasing?!
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Anderlecht Control & Escape!🇧🇪⚽️🔥
Ball fizzed in then controlled with a lateral turn away from the press.
Adjust starting distances to give players more or less time as required.
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One Per Cone! 🏃🏻♂️💨🔥
Tag game with one catcher and fleeing pupils gaining safety when they’re on a cone.
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Cone Wars! 🏃🏻♂️💨💥
Competitive activity that could include pupil prepared fixture lists and a non-sporting intro to Sport Ed!
In pairs, next pupil recollects the cones back to the start!
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Paired Relay! ⚽️🔥🤝
Players, work in pairs to move the ball down the course before transporting it back with a throw-in.
Co-operative practice encourage and the fastest team wins! 🥇
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1,2,3,4 & Switch! ⚽️🔥
Higher ability passing combination that focuses upon accuracy and cooperation with team-mates.
Begin at a slower tempo/two touch before building up.
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Arm Tennis! 💪🏻🎾
Transferable and Cooperative activity where pupils are challenged to keep the rally going for as long as possible.
Works as a fun warm-up ahead of a wide range of lesson contexts.
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Ball Core Exercises! 💪🏻🔥⚽️
Several variations of how a ball to be incorporated into exercises focusing on the core.
Novel variations to include as part of a circuit or within ball specific activities.
1 v 1 Drive & Shoot ⚽️
Great activity to look at the Importance of driving past your opponent and getting a shot away that goal.
Rotate roles of goalkeeper, defender and attacker after each repetition.
Cone Switch! 🔄🔥
Unique team race idea set up that involves coordination under pressure.
Activity design can be easily modified to include multiple adaptations too.
1 v 1 Speed & Agility Battle! 🏃🏼♀️💨
Simple set up yet a good focus that adds a competitive element on speed and agility.
Progress onto the same concept when dribbling a ball across a range of activities. 🏑🏀⚽️🤾🏻♀️
Escape from Alcatraz! 👣🔥
Transferable activity idea that can be ran with or without the ball.
Encourage working players to think about how they can feint and use quick directional change to outwit opponents.
Place & Pass! 🏐🔥
Fantastic yet simple ball handling and passing idea from the brilliant
@ACoachcarter
!
Transferable to many different activities and context. 🏉⚽️🏀🤾🏻♀️
2D Rubix Cube! 🧠🔥
Get those brain synapses firing with this cognitive challenge!
Challenge against the clock! ⏱️
Great as part of a team warm-up moving one cone each or individually as shown.
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Snatch and Go! 🏃🏻♂️🧠🔥
Decision making, speed and reaction time woven in to this 1 v 1 activity.
To chase and steal the outer cone must be touched before making you move. One point for a steal and one point per tag.
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One touch passing gates. ⚽️🌉
Excellent example of an activity design that encourages plenty of touches on the ball and considered movement.
Opportunity to begin close in and tight and then expand the distances if required.
Defending as the ‘6’ ⚽️🧠🔥
The 6 was always a centre half for me growing up but the game has changed into the 6 role being vital.
The main role of the ‘CDM’ is to block up passing lanes. ✋🏻🛑
Rotate roles after each set.
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4 Cone HIIT! 👣🔥⏱
Several variations that can be used with simply four cones.
Use a time split that suits a class. One pupil works whilst one rests. 30-40 second intervals.
4 Player Passing Diamond Patterns! 💎
Encourage communication and passing accuracy to build up the longest streak of accurate passing within the diamond.
Simplify to two touch as an introduction and progress to one touch if possible. ⚽️
Open up the Pitch! ⚽️🔥
Excellent activity to look at the importance of opening up the body when receiving the ball.
Discussion should focus on the advantages of taking the ball on the half turn for central players.
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Balloon Shuttles! 🎈🏃🏼♀️💨
Groups work together to keep the balloon in the air for as long as possible!
Adjust the distance to increase challenge after each successful set by a team.
Links to volleyball and HIIT! 🥵
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Reaction Challenge! 🧠💥
Fun warm up game to activate body and mind as played by Huddersfield Town!
Teacher calls out directions then a colour and pupils react to snatch the cone first!
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Caterpillar Race! 🐛🏃🏼💨
Great game that encompasses agility, speed and coordination.
Plenty variations possible including the next race to take the balls from the central yellow hoop back out to the outside.
Plank React! 💪🏻💥
1 v 1 competitive activity that challenges muscular endurance and reaction time against an opponent.
Perfect to run as a ladder to encourage pupils to work with a range of peers.
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Bridges & Tunnels! 🤝⚽️🔥
Cooperative team relay involving communication and passing accuracy.
Count the reps in a minute or stop when back to starting position.
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Passing Square! 🟦⚽️
Simple activity, pass then occupy the vacant corner of the square.
Great way to introduce the concept of pass and move across a range of sports.
Passing Channels! 🛣⚽️
Excellent activity to look at passing weight and timing of run to stay onside.
Ensure fluent changes of roles and encourage communication and high tempo throughout.
Goal Race! ⚽️🔥
Pairs go against each other in a simple yet competitive activity to score first.
Plenty variations possible and an added focus on efficiency and accuracy.
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FK Vardar Square Corner Tig! 🇲🇰
Fantastic yet simple game that can be used as a warmup ahead of any session.
Central player has to tig 1 of the 3 outside players on their transit to the free corner.
Tigged player becomes the tigger! 🐅
Dribble Tunnel Relay! ⚽️🏃🏻♂️💨
Classic relay race involving dribbling and passing in a competitive environment.
Many variations and progressions possible, be creative!
Fun warm up for Year 8 before their gymnastics lesson! Building that strength through the hands! 💪🏻
Air hockey! Harder than it looks! Core on 🔥
Da iawn boys!
One Touch Zips! ⚽️🔥
Fluent, one touch passing pattern in groups of 3.
Love the tempo and control on display!
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Up on Your Feet! 🤝🔥
Fun team-building activity looking at working cooperatively to get everyone up on their feet simultaneously.
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Touch, Dodge & Score! 👣🏃🏻♂️💨🔥
Attacker must touch a cone before scoring through the gate.
Defender must touch the same side cone before attempting the tag.
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Southampton FC 1 v 1 Defending Drill.
Acceleration and Agility Focus to get in and make that block.
Good fun and can run in a penalty shoot-out style format.
Escape to Victory! 🧠👣🔥
Central player must outwit the guards to make it to a cone without being tagged.
Adjust playing area to suit the group and rotate roles regularly. Shout out to Thomas Vlaminck for the idea.
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Chelsea FC 1 v 1s! 🏃🏻♂️💨🔥⏱
Fun 1 v 1 races that look at coordination, reactions, agility and speed!
For fluency, the next race can be to return the cone to its starting position.
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Ladies Agility Race! 🔴⚫️💥
Number of the Lionesses taking on this multi-directional race challenge!
Share experiences of the most effective ways to change direction and progress to add a ball too!
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1 v 1 Body Feints! ⚽️🔥
Great way to encourage players to explore how to use their body and subtle movement to outwit opponents.
Keep score, rotate roles and encourage defensive players to get low and keep their eyes on the prize!
Speed Sticks! 🥷🔥
Novel way to focus upon coordination and speed with this range of exercises.
How many in a row can pupils complete successfully?
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Bounce, Plank & Roll! 💪🏻🔥
Team fitness challenge that incorporates many muscle groups and would fit great as a warm-up.
Ensure communication and a plan from each team so that the rolls are in-sync!
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Pass straight, Pass Diagonal! ⬅️↙️
Minimal set up yet maximum amount of touches on the ball.
One player always passes straight and one player always passes diagonally.
4 Player Passing Gate Pattern! ⚽️🔥
Simple passing loop with a pass and follow element but with the added accuracy requirement of the gate.
Encourage communication between players and a decent tempo once players familiar with the pattern.
Hop & Flip! ⚖️🔥
Balance and coordination put to the test with this challenging activity.
How many cones can be flipped before a topple and can anyone make it all the way round?
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1 v 1 Movement in straight lines activity.
Good activity to use when teaching the difference between aerobic and anaerobic as well as speed and coordination.
Cone Air Hockey! 🏒🥅
Fun warmup game that can be incorporated into a ladder system to provide that competitive element.
Same concept can work outdoors with balls being rolled too.
Bridges and Tunnels! 💪🏻🔥
Cooperative actuvity used to address teamwork, accuracy and muscular endurance in one!
First team to have their starting player at the end wins!
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Opening Out Pass & Move! ⚽️
Activity that combines dribbling, passing and creating an angle for a pass with lateral movement.
Encourage communication, passing accuracy and fluency from the players.
Partner Fitness! 💪🏻🔥🥵
Range of partner fitness activities that can be used within a health and fitness session, circuit or interval lesson.
Challenge pairs to design their own too!
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Ajax - Hoofd, Schouders, Knieën, Bal!
🇳🇱⚽️🔥
Variation on a classic has performed by Ajax in a training session.
Change directions and invite pupils to add their own commands too.
Set up lends itself to a ladder and a good way of mixing up pupil pairings.
4 corners, 3 players! ⚽️🔥
Transferable activity idea that encourages passing accuracy and movement.
Progress onto the same activity with different sized squares and encourage communication.
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4 in a row! ⚪️🔵🟠🟡
Team game that involves players racing to ensure all four columns are in line to secure the win!
Players can only move two cones at a time.
Set & Receive! ⚽️🔥
Simple, fluent passing pattern in groups of 3.
Encourage passing accuracy and communication throughout.
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Squat-Toss! 💪🏻🏐🔥
Cooperative partner activity that weaves together, squat jumps, throwing and catching.
Use as part of a circuit or interval training. Work effectively across a range of different context.
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England 1 Hand King of the Ring! 🤴🏻
Fun warmup game as being displayed by the three Lions! 🦁🦁🦁
Protect your ball in one hand whilst trying to knock out opponents.
Air Hockey! 🏒🥅
Great game to develop coordination and muscular endurance of the deltoids!
I’ve used it as a ladder tournament, quick matches so not to overwork the shoulders.
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Chaired Lay-Ups! 🏀🔥
Love this idea from Athens HS basketball programme, a twist on musical chairs!
Pupils dribble until teacher command to find a basket, score a lay-up and return to a chair!
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4 Cone HIIT! 🥵👣🔥
Range of exercises that can be performed with minimal set up and help to teach the training method of interval training.
Perform in a Tabata style or with different length intervals to suit your group.
Encourage pupils to design their own variations too!
Balance Square! ⚖️👣🔥
Control, coordination and balance all put to the test.
Works effectively as a station when looking at components of fitness.
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Control Square. ⚽️🔥
Simple activity in groups of three that looks at receiving the ball in a tight space and opening up the body for the next pass.
Rotate the central working player after every 30 seconds and ensure all directions of pass are covered.