Dribbling

Finishing Gate Hunt Dribble

Encourage travelling with the ball into space

Dribbling

Ball Mastery

Speed & Agility

Finishing Gate Hunt Dribble is a 14-minute dribbling drill for 4-20 players, suitable for Under 5 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.

Back to drill library

Dribbling

Ball Mastery

Speed & Agility

Skill Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Full Squad

Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Finishing

Duration

14 min

Players

4-20

Pitch size

26 x 26 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Gate Hunt Dribble — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 26 x 26 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. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the server
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 26 x 26 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
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.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.