Dribbling
Four Goal Dribble Game: Scan and Cue
Dribble to score in a game context
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Four Goal Dribble Game: Scan and Cue is a 16-minute dribbling drill for 6-16 players, suitable for Under 6 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Duration
16 min
Players
6-16
Pitch size
30 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Four Goal Dribble Game: Scan and Cue — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 30 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 4Teams score by dribbling through any of the four goals under control.
- 1. Teams score by dribbling through any of the four goals under control.
- 2. A goal cannot be scored twice in a row.
- 3. Play four minute games with short rests.
- 4. The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
- 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
- -Dribble to score in a game context
- -Scan for the least defended goal
- -Encourage risk-taking in the right areas
Setup
- 1Mark four cone goals, one on each side of the pitch.
- 2Two teams in bibs, balls stored on each side.
- 3No keepers.
Coaching instructions
- 1Teams score by dribbling through any of the four goals under control.
- 2A goal cannot be scored twice in a row.
- 3Play four minute games with short rests.
- 4The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
Coaching points
- -Lift the head to find the open goal
- -Drive at space, not at defenders' bodies
- -Support wide to stretch the defence
- -Scan over the shoulder as the ball travels
- -Head up early so the picture is taken pre-touch
Common mistakes
- -Everyone chasing the same goal
- -Passing when the space is in front
- -Losing the ball trying tricks in defence