Sprint Training Coordination and Speed of Action

Pitch: Two cones per group for the coordination task, behind them poles as obstacles and one blue and one red target cone.

Equipment: 4 poles and 8 cones.

Players: Two groups.

• After an acoustic or visual signal, the first player of each of the two groups carries out a coordination task — for example sideways over the two cones.
• They then sprint through the poles.
• Depending on the coach's instruction, they run to the blue or to the red cone.
• Instead of a colour, the coach can also call out a number — for example 1 for blue and 2 for red.

Note: Have a few runs carried out at a moderate pace at the start, in order to warm the players up sufficiently. The drill can then be carried out as a competition between two players.