Best Soccer Warm-Up Drills & Exercises for Pre-Game Training | Improve Performance & Prevent Injuries

Get specific warm-up progressions that sharpen players' physical actions, reactions and decision-making Build your players' technical, tactical, physical and psychological preparedness Get layered warm-up and activation drills that progress from single-player ball work to whole-team engagement Discover goalkeeper-specific warm-ups that provide all players with a meaningful technical challenge with Ian Barker,Director of Coaching Education, NSCAA;21 years of college soccer coaching experience at Macalester College and University of Wisconsin; served for 10 years as the director of coaching and player development for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) Ian Barker demonstrates 13 warm-up drills that allow variation and progression with economy and fluidity. Coach Barker works with men and women (separately) to model attacking, defending, transitioning and even goalkeeping activation drills. The drills emphasize a blend of technical and physical demands with team communication. Coach Barker's drills lend themselves to rapid decision-making and variability potential to suit your preferences. You'll see how to move players efficiently and intensively through single-player technical ball touches, as well as partnered work that moves up the body to thigh, chest, and head touches and on to passing line and full-team drills.