Rest Defence Warm-Up

Pitch: Mark out an area of about 15 x 20 metres with four cones at the corners.

Equipment: 4 cones, 1 medicine ball or 1 football.

Players: All four corners are occupied. Level with the middle of one short side stands a player holding a medicine ball or a football in the hands. The two corners of this side are occupied by two players each.

• The player with the ball tries to get from that side of the area to the other side at a sprint and decides independently when to set off.
• As soon as that player crosses the starting line, the two players at the corners to the left and to the right try to tag the runner before the finishing line.
• If the runner is not caught, the next run starts from the finishing line in the opposite direction. The two players who previously occupied the flat markers become the new catchers, and the previous catchers take over their position.
• If the runner is caught, the player who did the tagging starts in the next round and the player who was caught takes over that role.

Note: Drill idea by Eddie Plickat.