U9 and up . Keep the ball close when you run with it . Get your head up on the ball
Cristiano Ronaldo Speed Test
Set up
- Field
- Build a 4x4 yard starting grid 6 yards from the goal line. About 6 yards from the goal box and directly in line with the starting grid, create a gate. Put a 4-yard gate near each top corner of the goal box, approximately 3 yards from the corner.
- Players
- 1 or more players. The player begins in the starting grid without a ball.
- Balls
- Place the ball in the gate directly above the goalbox.
How it runs
- 1.The coach uses a stopwatch to record the player's time.
- 2.Sprint to the gate holding the ball, collect it, and dribble through that gate.
- 3.Carry the ball to one of the corner gates, complete a figure-8 through it, then sprint with the ball across to the gate at the opposite top corner of the goal box.
- 4.Complete another figure-8 at that gate and then dribble back through the gate above the goal box.
- 5.Return the ball to the 4x4 starting grid and take a shot on goal from inside that grid.
- 6.Stop the stopwatch when the shot reaches the back of the net.
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