Through the gates
Players dribble through as many cone gates as they can in 30 seconds. It's fast, competitive and full of turns.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Set out 8 to 12 gates (two cones a metre apart) across the area.
- Each player has a ball.
Equipment: Pairs of cones as gates, 1 ball each
How it works
- On the whistle, dribble through as many gates as possible in 30 seconds.
- You can't go through the same gate twice in a row.
- Progress to pairs: pass through a gate to your partner.
Coaching points
- Look up to find the next free gate.
- Use small touches when you get close, then accelerate away.
- Turn sharply with inside and outside of the foot.
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Make it easier
- Wider gates
- Longer time
Make it harder
- Weak foot only
- Add two 'gatekeepers' who try to steal balls
- Pass through gates with a partner
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