Dribbling
Counter Gate Hunt Dribble
Encourage travelling with the ball into space
Dribbling
Ball Mastery
Speed & Agility
Counter Gate Hunt Dribble is a 14-minute dribbling drill for 4-20 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Ball Mastery
Speed & Agility
Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Counter Attack
Duration
14 min
Players
4-20
Pitch size
28 x 28 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Counter Gate Hunt Dribble — Cone maze — dribble in traffic · 28 x 28 yards
Step 1 of 5Players dribble through as many different gates as possible in 90 seconds.
- 1. Players dribble through as many different gates as possible in 90 seconds.
- 2. The same gate cannot be used twice in a row.
- 3. Between rounds players share the route that worked best.
- 4. The team in possession starts each rep in their own half and must build forwards.
- 5. Turnovers earn a direct counter at the mini goals worth two points.
- Cones mark the area
- Scattered cones = obstacles / targets
- Ball
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Encourage travelling with the ball into space
- -Develop scanning while dribbling
- -Reward quick changes of direction
Setup
- 1Ten two-yard gates scattered randomly in a 28 x 28 yards area.
- 2Place two mini goals on the halfway line for the counter-attacking side to aim at.
- 3A ball each, bibs for any defenders.
Coaching instructions
- 1Players dribble through as many different gates as possible in 90 seconds.
- 2The same gate cannot be used twice in a row.
- 3Between rounds players share the route that worked best.
- 4The team in possession starts each rep in their own half and must build forwards.
- 5Turnovers earn a direct counter at the mini goals worth two points.
Coaching points
- -Look up to pick the next free gate
- -Touch into the gate, not at it
- -Change speed after each gate
- -Counter in a straight line — the first pass forward beats the recovery run
Common mistakes
- -Following the player in front
- -Big touches through crowded gates
- -Dribbling into traffic when the counter is on
Where this drill fits
- More football dribbling drills
- More football ball mastery drills
- More football speed & agility drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme