Build intensity
Learn the clock → Add reaction → Use short moderate-speed rounds
SOCCER DEVELOPMENT HUB · WARM-UP
Quick-feet cone clock
Coordination & balance · Agility & acceleration · Balance & coordination · Focus & reflection
Prepare quick, controlled foot placement and changes of direction without turning the warm-up into conditioning.
Readiness, not fatigue: Build from controlled movement to moderate football-specific intensity.
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Set it up
Five-yard clock shapes with one player active per station
Place one center cone with four outside cones and duplicate enough stations to avoid lines.
- Players
- 4–24
- Equipment
- 5 flat cones per group · Optional ball
- Step from the center toward a called cone and return under control.
- Add side steps or a gentle forward-back rhythm.
- Let a partner point to the next cone, then switch after 20–30 seconds.
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