Passing
Passing Gate Hunt: Shadow Pressure
Find passing angles in a busy area
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Passing Gate Hunt: Shadow Pressure is a 10-minute passing drill for 4-20 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate 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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Quick 10 Minutes
Opposed
Under Pressure
Game Realistic
Duration
10 min
Players
4-20
Pitch size
25 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate
Pitch diagram
Passing Gate Hunt: Shadow Pressure — Cone maze — dribble in traffic · 25 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 4Pairs score a point for each pass played through a gate to their partner.
- 1. Pairs score a point for each pass played through a gate to their partner.
- 2. The same gate cannot be used twice in a row.
- 3. Ninety second rounds with a rest between.
- 4. A shadow defender applies half pressure and can win the ball only after the first touch.
- Cones mark the area
- Scattered cones = obstacles / targets
- Ball
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Find passing angles in a busy area
- -Pass accurately on the move
- -Scan for the next gate
Setup
- 1Scatter ten two-yard gates around the area.
- 2Players work in pairs with one ball.
- 3Rest balls on the outside.
Coaching instructions
- 1Pairs score a point for each pass played through a gate to their partner.
- 2The same gate cannot be used twice in a row.
- 3Ninety second rounds with a rest between.
- 4A shadow defender applies half pressure and can win the ball only after the first touch.
Coaching points
- -Move to open a passing angle for your partner
- -Firm pass through the middle of the gate
- -Call early when the gate is on
- -Take the touch away from pressure
- -Protect the ball with the far foot and body
Common mistakes
- -Standing still and waiting
- -Passing into a closed gate
- -Under-hit passes