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Speed development – Standing start speed and reactions
Attacking Defending

Speed development – Standing start speed and reactions

A practice designed to improve players speed from standing position.

Key objectives

  • Straight line run – technique of running – head straight, arms close to body, shoulders relaxed, balls of foot touches the ground
  • Standing start – watch that players have forward lean and don’t put their foot backwards first 
  • Acceleration and Deceleration – both equally important
  • Change of direction – turn quickly in small space, quick feet
  • 100% effort 
  • 1.5 work rest ratio

Organisation

  • Area: 20 metres x 30 metres  
  • 1 v 1, Blue v Yellow, max 5 per line
  • Three footballs placed on top of 3 cones at the end of the area  
  • On coaches signal players must knock one of balls of the cone, first to knock football wins
  • Coach call number but could change before players get to football (reaction)  
  • Coach can introduce football that he places between players and they must use this to knock football of cone

Session details

  • Attacking
  • Defending
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Speed development – Standing start speed and reactions

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