Coordination, Technique and Acceleration

Pitch: Six hurdles are set up one behind the other. Five metres behind the last hurdle stands the coach, ten metres diagonally in front of the coach a target pole.

Equipment: 6 hurdles, 1 target pole and several balls.

Players: The players start one after the other.

• The players run over the hurdles as instructed.
• Shortly before they reach the second-to-last hurdle, the coach plays a ball in front of the last hurdle.
• The player passes back first time and sprints out of the turn to the pole.

Variations:

• The coach throws the ball half-high or for a header.
• Set up a second target pole in a different colour on the opposite side. As the ball is played, the coach calls out the colour of one of the two poles; after the pass, the player sprints to that pole.