00:00 Rondos
00:24 What is a Rondo?
03:03 How to setup a Rondo
05:07 Making Rondos intense
06:36 Free Flow vs Positional
08:01 Coaching defenders in Rondos
08:53 Coaching Points in Rondos
10:20 You have to do this a lot
11:05 U11 Rondo Example
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I definitely believe that u have to do them rondo drills for a long time, not just once or twice. I’ve been doing it for a while and can see a change 👍🏾
Firm, quality insights about a misunderstood training exercise.
Wow!!! That clip of the USMNT rondo speaks volumes of its neanderthal-like style of lackluster play. Very sad.
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Love your videos, thanks coach! I would absolutely implore you to reconsider using PT as punishment.
Everything else is A+.
Good stuff. I love it and will be trying this out today.
Very detailed video about how to set up a rondo, what to coach, and how to progress. Keep the content coming!
It’s often misunderstood that in Barca circle warm ups players were encouraged to move around the circle to provide supporting angles
One of my 2015 boys called Rondos, Roomba's and I'll never call them Rondos again. Poor defenders bouncing around the grid like an original Roomba vacuum….
Rondos to me, especially at the younger ages, hit more on technical skills, i.e. good efficient touches and quick passing, rather than decision making. It lays a foundation on which you can now build in-game decision making. Without possession in a game, your kids get much less opportunities to make decisions. Rondo teaches the skills needed to keep possession so that decision making can be explored.
I love this. I was often doing the ‘circle warmup’ (Although not only) thinking that was a Rondo. Thankfully my adult teamI’ve been playing with had a coach who set me straight so it’s great to hear another voice supporting the change of thinking.
Make it sound as though the USA has no coaching sense.
Good video though
I suppose I don't mind a free flowing rondo as a warm up or to teach certain things like body shape, scanning, movement, breaking lines, etc etc (although those things can also be taught in a positional rondo) but I totally agree, the best way for what the coach is trying to teach to translate into the game is through a positional rondo.
Great stuff Coach. Every drill needs to be as game like as possible. Players need to understand the purpose of the drill
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Thank you 🙏
Hey Coach! I watched your interview one 3-4-3…what does one have to do to become an MLS academy coach? Could you make a video? Thanks!
Thanks for the great content. I've found that when I go from a 3v1 to a 4v1 the amount of player movement drops considerably. How do you suggest making sure the players move at 4v1 and not just stand at their cones?
Brilliant video on how to coach rondos, Coach!
Thx for the video, I was just trying to figure out how to elevate the intensity of our rondos. It does take time for the players to really figure out the activity. My team has been doing condos every practice and games for three weeks now and I feel like we are just scratching the surface of the benefits of this activity.
I tend to not do rondos very often because if I have 12 players show up for practice, I will set up a half field lengthwise. It is not a full length field, but I try to stretch it to around half a field long or perhaps even longer. Six players play their position in one direction and six play the other direction. This simulates a FULL game, and unlike 3v3 (which I do really like, but in addition to this half-team-full-simulation), all players are playing their positions. Typically, it simulates half of a 4-4-2, with your right fullback and right center back, your right midfielder and and right center midfielder, and your right striker going one direction and the left versions of that going the other direction, with one goalie, or if you have 12 total players, you now have two goalies.
My thoughts on this is that some people get REALLY caught up in strict definitions. I have coached for many years and my drills are always evolving. What I have come to learn is that as long as you are teaching good technique, there are a dozen ways of doing Rondo's and they could ALL be RIGHT!
Having said that, I think your video was very valuable for coaches to think about what skills are they really looking to develop. Good job!
This is great stuff. Creating game-like situations but limiting player movement (like from side to side in your 4v1), lets players focus on the coaching points. That’s the genius of this kind of rondo.
Loving the new content Rory. Keep it coming. Its always great stuff.
Great video again Coach. I think the other thing to note when doing a rondo for the first time with young kids is don't be scared to make it simple and start with a 4 v 0. When I introduced rondos for the first time with my u10's, our first 3 sessions were 4v0 so we could focus on the basics of receiving the ball across the body and angles of support and getting that right before I introduced the pressure of a defender.
This video is top draw .
Thanks, Coach. My kids love rondos. And while I emphasize the passing and receiving over the keep away aspect your video definitely shows me how to add more layers and get more out of the activity. I'll be starting with these tips in tomorrow's pregame warm up. Thanks!
Rondos are the cornerstone of my game model methodology. My double rondo and triple rondo are how I teach technical and tactical foundational habits.
that kid who failed to receive that pass and let it go out of the square absolutely goes in the middle immediately in my rondos. bad pass / failure to receive = in the middle !
Thank you so much for this! This clears up a lot of errors I was making with rondos in practice!
I recently started coaching my kids soccer team with another parent and your videos have been invaluable and the kids seem really receptive. the issue I'm facing is the other parent constantly stops the flow of practice to scream at the kids for minor mistakes. we have 1 hour 2x a week. our last session, we got through 2 drills because wanted them to "do it's again" or he's making them run as punishment. the guy is an probably close to 400lbs and hasnt gone for a run in decades.
Great video! I've made a couple of those mistakes in my rondos. Okay, more than a couple! But now I know better.
Thanks for including the age group of the players in the video!
Great stuff thank you. I currently have our U11 girls playing 4v2 in a “middle-third” area, once they hit 4-6 passes they can advance into the “attacking-third” but they have to read the defense (coaches who purposely overload one side of the field) on which side of the field to advance from.
Great job as always 👏