How it works
- Who starts
- Everyone at once, dribbling in the middle, when the coach (E) calls a colour.
- Who takes part
- All the children with their balls; the coach gives the signal.
- What the ball does
- Each child dribbles it to the corner of the colour called and comes back to the middle with it.
- How to score
- No score: the last to arrive does the three-touch challenge.
- When it ends
- After 6 to 8 colours.
- How it restarts
- Everyone goes back to the middle and the coach calls another colour.
- How players rotate
- No positions: after each colour, go back to the middle.
Number of players
4-15 players
Format
individual with a ball
Recommended
1 × 8 min
Medium intensity
Space
Small-sided space
Space
20×20 m
Goal
Warm up by dribbling with your head up and reacting to a signal.
Description
A 20x20 square with a coloured disc in each corner (red, blue, yellow and green). The children dribble freely in the middle with the ball close. The coach shouts a colour and everyone dribbles as fast as they can to that corner. The last one to arrive does a challenge (three touches with the laces) and everyone dribbles back to the middle for the next colour.
Step by step
- 1
The coach shouts “green”: everyone dribbles to the green corner.
- 1.1 Number 4 dribbles.
- 1.2 Number 3 dribbles.
- 1.3 Number 5 dribbles.
Rules
Free dribbling in the middle. On hearing a colour, go to that corner with the ball. The last one does the three-touch challenge. Dribble back to the middle.
Equipment
- 4 coloured discs
- 1 ball per child
Physical focus
Recommended times by goal
- Reaction speed: 1 × 8' · Medium intensityOrientativo: al empezar la sesión
Rotation and restart
No positions: after each colour, everyone dribbles back to the middle.
Coaching points
- Head up: listen for the colour.
- Short touches.
- Speed up when you hear the colour.
Common mistakes
Dribbling while looking at the ball and bumping into others.
How to correct: Look ahead between touches.
Leaving the ball behind to arrive first.
How to correct: You arrive with the ball or it doesn't count.
Questions for the players
- “Which way is shortest to the colour?”
- “When do you lift your head?”
Levels
- A · easyWalking with the ball.
- B · standardAs described.
- C · advancedA feint before turning towards the corner.
If you have fewer or more players
- With 4 fewer: 15x15 space.
- With 5 more: 25x25 space.
- With odd numbers: Doesn't matter: it's individual.
Age
Variations
- Two colours. The coach calls two colours: first go to one and then to the other.
- Opposite colour. You have to go to the corner opposite the colour called.