This exercise made FC Barcelona great - here’s why

Learn football skills - why Rondo is the best football training exercise in the world. In this video we take a look at Rondo, a great training exercise for learning football skills every football player needs to master. Rondo is a simple drill where a superior amount of attacking players try to keep the ball against an outnumbered amount of defenders - and while it sounds extremely easy, this is one of the best training drills ever created in football! FC Barcelona and players like Xavi, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta have all learned lots of their football skills by playing Rondo in every single one of their FC Barcelona training sessions, and in this video we teach you everything you need to know about Rondo and why you need to add this simple drill to your football training routine. Watch the full video now to learn how to improve your football skills with Rondo - trust me, you don't want to miss this one!
Rondo is a fantastic training exercise that teams such as FC Barcelona use every day at the training ground through all age groups. Playing Rondo is simple: a group of players try to keep the ball by passing it to one another - while a smaller group of defenders try to intercept the pas ses and win the ball back. The player responsible for losing the ball replaces a defender in the middle and you can make the game more difficult by limiting the amount of touches the attacking players can take.
Rondo will improve your football skills in tons of key aspects, all in one simple exercise: In order to improve your decision making, playing under pressure with one or two touches, finding key passes, learning how to win the ball back - this is the one exercise you need to add in your training routine, so watch the full video now to learn everything you need to know about Rondo!
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[@unisport]

*WHEN FOOTBALL RETURNS,* this is the one exercise you need to implement to your training life! ⚽🚨

[@sudipachakravarty2332]

yes.

[@COREFUTBOLTV]

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[@MS-do8ht]

already do

[@affanakhtar3791]

What is the best exercise to increase mentality in football

[@beanery6510]

ok, *IF* football returns

[@pavithran3438]

"Playing Football is simple, but playing simple football is the hardest"-johan cruyff

[@Bhaskarindian1]

This quote is gold

[@vilimbubas1302]

Like all stuff in life, thats why i 20yrs speak of simple life from top to bottom but i have realize through life that majority is limited and want to complicate things thinking they are smarter feeding their ego, while minority of other with complex mind just see all very simple.They have to rule nations, they are natural authoritys

[@lemei1095]

thing ever

[@egeisapro]

Football is coming home it’s coming footballs coming home! Prove me wrong.

[@redgaming2654]

I absolutely love doing Rondos with my friends, I can do it all day long it is so fun. It also develops extreme technique in tight spaces.

[@VoodoGad]

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[@unisport]

Honestly, besides actual games - Rondo is by far my favorite thing about football 😍⚽

[@VoodoGad]

Did you ever did a video with ronaldo

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

The only thing that amazes me, how come 50+ player didn't invent this?? Or, have they?? Obviously, this is all what's left of our game!! :D

[@unisport]

No one: Everyone: *stuck at home* Unisport: *makes video about a drill that requires multiple people* bruh

[@vavu5724]

Everything in a match can be done by rondo except shooting Johan the great

[@tapasleg-7580]

bruh

[@MS-do8ht]

course

[@marcusjuve07]

Im not stuck at home

[@gamingnepal7467]

Make video of home workout for footballer

[@unisport]

*What should we discuss next* now that everyone is at home? 🤷🏼‍♂

[@zorhanngiraud7050]

Ways to train inside your house

[@kaptenjansson8780]

Why people possibly can enjoy playing on artificial grass SMH

[@sudipachakravarty2332]

Names of teams to play for as a youth football player

[@alberthlatshwayo5036]

Unisport skills, drills we can do at home by our selves

[@vedhpsiv4163]

Ways to train inside our house

[@abrahamlincolnyema5312]

The creator of the rondo was actually Johan Cruyff, he was quoted saying" I created this exercise because I hated running..." quoted from barça dreams on netflix

[@juanestebankruhsanmguel1960]

Very true,barca playera hardly run

[@akinniyigabriel9845]

He may be the creator in Spain, but certainly not in the world.

[@vilimbubas1302]

Correct, this exist from beginning of football

[@nyavogo]

Not quite. Bela Guttmann has this drill in his coaching book. And he coached in the 1930's.

[@tejasmahajan3809]

This drill is pure magic. In September last year I joined a new college and had friends who had never played football before. I insisted that all of them practice el Rondo before matches and in practice sessions and in the end we had a pretty solid team for the sporting events

[@shivanshusharma5261]

This improves our communication, passing in tight space & we can know each other's game

[@MichaelLee-nn9fo]

I liked this technique I stay in the middle and it helped me develop into a better defender

[@unisport]

*FUN FACT:* In Finnish 🇫🇮 we call this *höynä*

[@Joseph-ey6pu]

In Indonesia 🇮🇩 we call this "kucing-kucingan"

[@teodorcotofan7462]

In România 🇷🇴 it s “Măgărușul sau miuța”

[@tuanfinland]

Suomi mainittu. TORILLE!

[@user-zj9yr5bv2d]

FUN FACT: In mandarine 🇭🇰 we call this 馬騮搶球 it means monkey chase the ball

[@niallmacmahon3730]

In Ireland 🇮🇪 we say rondo

[@colinwest8658]

Love the Rondo. I tell my players 11v11 games are just giant versions of rondo. That’s why we do it so much.

[@SnaptechMalayalam2]

Rondo is very good exercise 😍

[@antonyj9781]

IN INDIA THIS EXERCISE IS CALLED "MONKEY"

[@manojnarajojha1026]

ANTONY SAINT in Nepal too

[@ayushsarkar6189]

@@manojnarajojha1026 In INDIA we also call it ball chor which means ball thief

[@shobhitneymar9821]

Guys I thought we call it dog dog😂

[@albratrox]

We call it ball chor u no wat I mean

[@mrxaviegaming9203]

We call it one touch

[@hulk7402]

Bad thing about rondo : being in the middle and getting megged

[@azimkadery815]

This game is also called "Monkey in the middle"

[@FARHANKHAND-id9bx]

Are you from India??

[@azimkadery815]

@@FARHANKHAND-id9bx No, I am from Bangladesh.

[@ujan-pd6tz]

@azim kadery beech ka bandar

[@fdbld5019]

nah

[@Dan-qt4xb]

In England u call it Pig in the middle

[@sreegaming9694]

I like this play..We play this game here when lack of players..Here it know as an another name(*-*)

[@gr8samuel530]

for the past 2 years I’ve been using rondo as a part of my routine with my friends. Rondo doesn’t only create attacking opportunities, it helps the team bond. 👏👏

[@midfielderparadisematchhig5785]

Exactly when I become a coach I want to practice real situations with passing and chemistry with players like lots of different 1-2 situations and playing out the back , I also want to work on the basics and technical skills of players and let them scrimmage after every session as playing actual football is important and fun rondo's do help but shouldn't be prioritized

[@vilimbubas1302]

What? Are u serious?

[@midfielderparadisematchhig5785]

@@vilimbubas1302 not it helps with your speed of thought in tight situations

[@jjoon6]

Ahhh! That's why I see them doing it whenever I see youtube training sessions by Barcelona!

[@Sid-ix5qr]

*BOLD OF YOU TO ASSUME I HAVE FRIENDS.*

[@AdrianJohnson111]

Sid lol

[@aymanyusuf20]

This is very useful and so are the other video you make. This channel helps me a lot

[@abbyfoskey5518]

rondos are the first thing for barça we do in practice and we doing them for about 20 minutes

[@NYs9thwonder]

We used to call it keep away. Our coach used to make so that if ten passes were completed, the defenders had to drop down and do a set of push ups. Fun times!

[@andredognini917]

I agree. This exercise is AMAZING. Unfortunately nobody in practice takes it seriously. I hate when players stand still with hands in pockets and no forcing receive a ball you pass, and maybe they blame you because they want everything easy. But during the match what do you do? Do you say to the opponent "hey, don't press me, the ball is difficult to control"? I don't think opponents care

[@siyaklaas]

I remember we used to play this back in the day in South Africa but ours was a bit different such that, 1) the defenders or those have the ball must touch or kick the ball once to pass it, 2) there's only one person or charger in the centre, 3) you go into the centre if you loose the ball to the charger or touch it more than once while passing.

[@bear566]

Speito mpama

[@sudhakarsingh595]

Rondo, now I will make my team to do it fast and perfectly!!!

[@RichardFlores2K]

Rondo and footbasket are the favorite training exercises for Barça 🔵🔴💛⚽️🏀🎮

[@jerzywiniarski2305]

We did this type of exercises in the seventies in Poland where I learned how to play.

[@Klassenfeind]

Correct, in Hungary too 🇭🇺❤️🇵🇱

[@misiek1670]

Please more videos like this

[@ahrensinghal3948]

my team does this exercise during training we call it rondo or sometimes man in the middle!

[@aloshythomas4753]

Me and my friends also like it, in India we call it 'beech ka bakra'. Me and my friends go crazy when the person in the middle gets nutmegged in a very special way. Thank you guys for making all your videos..

[@ajayanprasannan5354]

Uni sport is doing a amazing works by posting such useful videos

[@thesecret6019]

Actually we have formed our own gully football team. And we've adopted FC Barcelona's playing style. Once or twice a year, we organize a friendly match against another local gully football teams and we win majority of the matches.

[@miketernan6722]

We called it piggy in the middle when we played in late 80s early 90s and our coaches said they did it when they were kids so I'm guessing that's 60s /70s back then so it's great but not new or anything like. Also it only controls your passing under pressure, decision making and pressing ( if you are the middle chap) but not you own movement off the ball which is another necessary learning component.

[@IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns]

Even as a teenager playing with friends, we did this exercise before every game. You get to practice close control and passing under pressure in tight spaces. The reason why the Barcelona and Spain sides of 2008-2012 were so dominant was because of this.

[@oja_830]

Coaching a group of 8-9 yr old girls and we are slowly learning the rondo! I see improvement in the rondo every practice

[@moviehd1013]

Take the ball pass the ball...take the ball pass the ball this is what I love the most...

[@INFINATE-INSIGHTS]

Rondos are so fun

[@Kaspisify]

"Secret drill of Barcelona." Dude, that's a rondo.

[@Ak-pr8jw]

It was first implemented in barcelona😂

[@thefallingstar3572]

LOL we actually do it here in India with my friends all the time but never realize that this drill is an important drill in FC barca...

[@quentin1075]

Here in south Africa we call it -ONE TOUCH Cuz if u u touch it more then once u mark Nutmeg=x2 marking again ×4 n so on

[@chechunho7128]

Simple and efficiency

[@sudipachakravarty2332]

Rondos are basically what we do at Boca Juniors too

[@lalboimanlun1230]

I think it's used in almost every team nowadays.

[@xmale75]

It was used long time ago

[@Joshflemin]

It originated from Barcelona

[@PaulSpacey]

As always, really great video and explanation. 👏

[@G4LIFE14]

This video deserve 10k likes

[@1dealace]

My coach for some reason is totally against rondo. Every time I set one up he gets really mad at us and tells us to just run around and pass the ball to each other.

[@midfielderparadisematchhig5785]

He probably likes real situation passes idk I suck at rondo's tho

[@babatunde4188]

We are at home... give us home exercise please

[@ismailhossen2043]

Now I want to see the secret drill that made them the best bottler of Europe!

[@candicevo1711]

Make a video on small drills you can do at home 🙏🏽

[@kristalukdar4656]

Jolty is back 🔥..rondo is really fun.....

[@ahmedmustafa7174]

In Pakistan🇵🇰 we call it "beech ki bili" meaning "Cat in the middle"

[@aryandixit560]

yeah dont care

[@sharenrawat1016]

Or bharat me beach ka bandar....👍👍

[@Aryannnnn609]

So what ?

[@sharenrawat1016]

@@Aryannnnn609 i dont say to you, so.....

[@Aryannnnn609]

@@sharenrawat1016 Little children shouldn't interfere between adults. Understand kid

[@kevinramacha8208]

This is my favorite team training drill. My team would do rondo for 15 mins

[@Robberlin100]

I love that keeler passing

[@rosskenny716]

Good video but important to remember that the rondos shown are the very basics. Teams don’t play like Barcelona with just 4v2 and 8v4 etc rondos in a circle as shown. Positional rondos are key and those which put players in situations that resemble those which they’d be in during a full match are key.

[@MandarMehta22]

Hey dude!! What's up man. I am really thankfull to you for what you teach to us with all this content.. Thank you so much, as said before I am on my way to a professional soccer player.⚽️⚽️🇺🇸🇺🇸 May God save us all from this global problem... ALSO I AM THE 1st viewer and THE 1ST VOTER.....😎😎😎

[@rastaman3411]

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[@beatricejames8862]

In Tanzania we call it "mtu kati"

[@user_Zainaa456]

Oh thats why my coach always make us play it

[@Zach-pb2wo]

Fun fact: In Philippines 🇵🇭 we call this “Onggoy onggoy” (Onggoy=Monkey)

[@krukrok5218]

HAHAHAH UNGGUYAN

[@bethegreatest4976]

Cool to know!! 🙏

[@bethegreatest4976]

Soccer youtubers? 🙏💯

[@joshkiefer8900]

Ano club mo akin rovers davao

[@pakraden9577]

In malaysia we call main ayam (ayam = chicken)

[@aka_trash8139]

man i wish football can come back because without it know no one will be happy

[@raseenayusuf6074]

In srilanka people when they have freinds always do this exercise ,its usually done by me also, We call it middle in srilanka (I miss football⚽♥😢😢)

[@itzzshakil9464]

We practice it whenever we get in the pitch. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@dnshfzi]

this is my childhood game

[@calmedgame_r7257]

Salute to BARCA!!

[@hemao0o1]

We used to play rondo in our neighborhood when I was a child 15 years ago before I know there was a team called Barca. So basically, we have invented the concept.

[@N10CHO]

doning this before every training and match

[@alexisstark672]

I am a Messi fan but now they have became VARlona

[@joshuajohn2]

Well it's going. to be difficult to get a group of people to do this right now😁

[@kuldeep9439]

Amazing 😍😍😍😍😍

[@eagleeyes6236]

Laureano ruiz also got featured in the barcelona documentary take the ball pass the ball.

[@karumehuie1407]

I love this information

Kids in fields have been doing this way before Barcelona coach discovered it... Actually it's quite popular in whole for a long time

[@vishnuprasad8491]

Can you please make a video to explain how to shoot a dipping shot???

[@jayybollo8442]

I miss playing football (soccer) 😪

[@hawksfan5617]

Jaydon Todikromo same

[@FR7FreestylersFelix7]

Awesome video bro

[@cameronbailey1679]

Make a video on the puma one 5.3

[@eswarrao688]

Beautiful!

[@sllnko]

FUN FACT - in Slovakia we call it *bago*

[@t-doritosgamer4971]

So rondo is the best exercise and the most enjoyed

[@brothersgrpyt7987]

In Bangladesh 🇧🇩 we call it "chor chor" , chor means thief 😆. We always play this game before the match started.

[@beanery6510]

Me: looks up rondo Google: Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball *Football* Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball

[@beanery6510]

@Harsh kumar Joshi ??? wtf

[@beanery6510]

@Harsh kumar Joshi what the hell? why you watching soccer vids then??? Hater much??? JEEZ mr.

[@polotinocoduran]

In Mexico, we call it "Torito," meaning "little bull" as it resembles the Bullfighting (Tauromaquia in spanish), the player without the ball takes the roll of the bull. In contrast, the others are the toreros, and every pass is cheered with an "Ole".

[@damithaperera532]

Thanx Unisport

[@yt_immortal2120]

Respect I am just waiting to gt back on the pitch myself

[@mohammedmaged13]

dude we play rondo in egypt since a very long time i learned it from my 90 years grandfather and he played it when he was a child and his parents too its a traditional game in egypt it is not created by a manager in barcelona

[@mengamelinsele8415]

In South Africa it is called i-one touch

[@amazml]

I play with my friends every weekend

[@andremogadouro8590]

In Brazil we call this "roda de bobo", the meaning its like we gonna make a circle(roda) and some fool(bobo) will try to catch the ball.

[@HADI99914]

Please please please please tell us potous almiqist life story of becameing a professional footballer potous almiqist is also played for Nike most wanted 2015

[@stancedblurz2191]

Good video man !

[@prosperjoseph3641]

This game is called " center ball" in Nigeria

[@mckingsleycomedy1157]

Good morning please I want to see Sancho skills and Martial

[@machinemastery8847]

We are doing this for ages

[@dwaipayandattaroy9801]

Last one got more space as surface area

[@kaicusto8164]

Thanks unisport! Amazing videos

[@Azaqkhi]

Rondo can increase stamina too.

[@bethegreatest4976]

If youre in the middle 🙄

[@same_as_usual]

This is done evry day in India at my academy

[@priscilladavid1816]

It's cool rondo

[@friendlyneighbourhoodstoner]

We call it "one touch" in South Africa

[@rachanarawat4171]

We usually play it in school when we don't get to play football in large ground.... It's actually fun and the best part of it is to nutmeg the fellow 😂😂😎

[@saketranjan4912]

We call it according to the shape formed like 3player-triangle else circle

[@Kaalpanthu]

Football will be back!!