Dribble the Gates

Objective

• Dribble with the head up and choose where to go

Set-up and how it runs

• Scatter eight gates — two cones a yard apart — around the square, facing different ways.
• Every player has a ball. Score a point for dribbling through any gate.
• You cannot use the same gate twice in a row.
• Sixty seconds, count your own score, then go again and try to beat it.

Equipment

• 16 cones (8 gates)
• A ball each

Coaching points

• Look up to find the next gate while the ball is still at your feet
• Small touches near the gate, bigger ones in space
• Both feet — go through some gates with the left
• Find an empty gate rather than queueing behind someone

Progressions

• Must go through with the outside of the foot
• Gates are worth two points if you go through them backwards (sole rolls)
• Add one 'catcher' with no ball who can tag you

What it develops

Technical

Dribbling

Psychosocial

Decision making

Physical

Perception and awareness