Ball Mastery
Turning Gates: Scan and Cue
Turn out of pressure cleanly
Ball Mastery
Dribbling
Receiving
Premium
Turning Gates: Scan and Cue is a 12-minute ball mastery drill for 4-18 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 libraryBall Mastery
Dribbling
Receiving
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Scanning
Decision Making
Awareness
Duration
12 min
Players
4-18
Pitch size
15 x 15 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Turning Gates: Scan and Cue — 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. The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
- Cones mark the area
- Cone gates to dribble / pass through
- Ball
- 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.
- 4The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
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
- -Scan over the shoulder as the ball travels
- -Head up early so the picture is taken pre-touch
Common mistakes
- -Turning too slowly
- -Taking the touch straight back into pressure
- -Same turn every repetition