Bounce and react

By Michael Beale

This is a great warm-up that will have your players competing for the ball in 1v1 situations. All you need is four balls and four cones.

How to play it

• Have a line of numbered cones with balls on top of them.

• Put the players in pairs. Each pair in turn has to bounce around in random directions.
• Call out a number. The players must react quickly to sprint and be the first to knock the ball off the numbered cone.
• The players can use their bodies and arms to hold each other off, but must not commit a foul.
• Make sure you match players on both ability and size. There is no point having the fastest player versus the slowest, or the strongest versus the weakest.