Soccer Fitness - Improving Reaction and Acceleration

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This is a soccer fitness drill that focuses on improving reaction time and acceleration.

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Setup

Create a grid that is 30 X 30 yards.
Place a cone directly in the middle of the grid.
Split the teams up evenly on the 4 corners.
No balls are required at the beginning, but will be used later in this drill.

Instructions

Players 1 and 2 are the lead players where player 3 and 4 are the followers.
Instruct players to return to their same line after each turn.
Players 1 and 4 jog towards the middle cone.
Player 1 makes a fake (or two) and sprints to cone 2 or 3. The goal is for the lead player (player 1) to make it to the cone before the following player (player 4).
If player 4 beats player 1 to the cone, player 1 does 10 pushups.
Now player 1 and 3 go and 2 is the leader and 3 is the follower.

Variations

Switch so that all players have a chance to lead and follow.
Add balls and make players dribble, make a fake and beat the follower to the cone.

Coaching Points

Leader fakes and quickly sprints to the cone
Follower reacts quickly and accelerates to beat the leader

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Soccer Drill Titled: Soccer Fitness - Improving Reaction and Acceleration
Tagged: soccer fitness, improving reaction, improve acceleration, reaction and acceleration
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