Dribbling

Two-Touch Gate Hunt Dribble

Encourage travelling with the ball into space

Dribbling

Ball Mastery

Speed & Agility

Two-Touch Gate Hunt Dribble is a 12-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.

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Dribbling

Ball Mastery

Speed & Agility

Skill Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Full Squad

Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Two Touch

Duration

12 min

Players

4-20

Pitch size

22 x 22 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Two-Touch Gate Hunt Dribble — Cone maze — dribble in traffic · 22 x 22 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. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.

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 22 x 22 yards area.
2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
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.
4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.