Dribbling
Underload Gate Hunt Dribble
Encourage travelling with the ball into space
Dribbling
Ball Mastery
Speed & Agility
Underload Gate Hunt Dribble is a 12-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
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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Underload
Duration
12 min
Players
4-20
Pitch size
20 x 20 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Underload Gate Hunt Dribble — Cone maze — dribble in traffic · 20 x 20 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 attacking group starts a player short, so every entry pass has to be sharp.
- 5. Defenders score a point for every clean turnover; attackers need three clean end actions to win the round.
- 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 20 x 20 yards area.
- 2Add one extra defender to the working area and mark their start position with a flat cone.
- 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 attacking group starts a player short, so every entry pass has to be sharp.
- 5Defenders score a point for every clean turnover; attackers need three clean end actions to win the round.
Coaching points
- -Look up to pick the next free gate
- -Touch into the gate, not at it
- -Change speed after each gate
- -Protect the ball and wait for the second runner rather than forcing it
Common mistakes
- -Following the player in front
- -Big touches through crowded gates
- -Trying to beat two players instead of releasing early
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