Ball Mastery
Turning Gates: 1-to-1 Session
Turn out of pressure cleanly
Ball Mastery
Dribbling
Receiving
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Turning Gates: 1-to-1 Session is a 12-minute ball mastery drill for 1-2 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
Receiving
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
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1-to-1
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Individual Development
Small Group
Duration
12 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
15 x 15 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Turning Gates: 1-to-1 Session — 6 gates — score by travelling through · 15 x 15 yards
Step 1 of 4Dribble through a gate, turn on the far side, exit through a different gate.
- 1. Dribble through a gate, turn on the far side, exit through a different gate.
- 2. Coach names the turn: Cruyff, drag-back, inside hook, outside hook.
- 3. Count completed gates in ninety seconds.
- 4. Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
- Cones mark the area
- Cone gates to dribble / pass through
- Ball
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Turn out of pressure cleanly
- -Link a turn to an acceleration
- -Choose the right turn for the situation
Setup
- 1Mark six two-yard gates around a 15 yard square.
- 2Players start on the outside with a ball.
- 3Cones in the centre act as reference defenders.
Coaching instructions
- 1Dribble through a gate, turn on the far side, exit through a different gate.
- 2Coach names the turn: Cruyff, drag-back, inside hook, outside hook.
- 3Count completed gates in ninety seconds.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Disguise the turn with a shift of the shoulders
- -Accelerate for three strides after the turn
- -Protect the ball with the body through the turn
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Turning too slowly
- -Taking the touch straight back into pressure
- -Same turn every repetition