Cognitive exercise - Carrying the ball on the marker
Equipment
- 4 markers
- 1 cone
- sufficient balls to ensure continuity
Preparation
- Playing area: 15x15 meters
- Players: 16
- Duration: 11 minutes
- Series: 3 series of 3 minutes with 30 seconds of recovery between the series
| Summary | Secondary Objectives |
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Cognitive exercise for younger players to improve concentration and carrying the ball |
Dribbling, Reaction time, Perception, Speed, Cognitive, Dribbling, Feints and tricks, Warm up |
Organization
Form a 10x10 meters square using 4 different colored markers (red, yellow, green and blue in the figure). Place a cone at the centre of the square. Arrange the whole team in line 5 meters away from the square (as shown in the figure). Give a ball to each player.
Description
- The first player of the line (A) starts carrying the ball toward the cone at the centre of the square
- The coach calls for one marker ( yellow in the figure)
- Player A runs carrying the ball to the fixed cone
- The second player (B), after carrying the ball to the central cone, reaches the opposite cone of player A always carrying the ball
- The third player (C), after carrying the ball to the central cone, reaches one of the other two free cones of its choice
- The fourth player (D), after carrying the ball to the central cone, moves to the last cone
Coaching Points
- Give orders in different moments during the exercise to reduce the response times to the proper performing
- Impose complex sequences to increase difficulty stimulating players
- The cognitive exercise in football helps to reproduce the mental effort of the match, with different external stimuli and low reaction timings to situation changes
- Keep the ball close to the foot
- Try to perform sure ball touches
- Keep the bust leaning slightly forward during the ball carrying
- Keep the head up without looking at the ball
