Jaime Hopkins
| Name: | Jaime Hopkins |
|---|---|
| City: | Swansea |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |
A fun dribbling session for younger ages

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set up - 15x20 area
- evenly spread gates inside
- Split the teams
Skill
Using the same area there is now a defender adding pressure
Team of attackers lines up on the blue cone, defenders on the yellow cone
Attackers have a 3 second head start to start dribbling the ball through the gates
The defender has to chase them and try get the ball out of the area
Count the amount of gates gone through
Coaching points
head up
Keep the ball close
small touches
Where is the defender
Progression/Regression
Team challenge, count points collectively
1v1 challenge, just count points as players
Longer delay before defender enters

See the guidance at the top of this page to understand why you are not seeing interactive Football/Soccer images.
Set up - 4 gates evenly distributed
- Split the teams
Small Sided Games
Regular match rules apply except you need to dribble through at least 1 gate before scoring a goal
if you lose possession of the ball after going through a gate, you need to do it again
Coaching points
head up
Keep the ball close
small touches
Where is the defender
Progression/Regression
Bigger/smaller gates
don't need to do it again once you lose possession (only need to go through gate again after a goal)
touch limit
Time limit to score after going through a gate
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Technical
Set up - 15x20 area
- evenly spread gates inside
Technical
Ball manipulation exercise using the gates as targets
Call out different skills to perform (toe taps, step over, inside outside of feet)
Try to not knock over any cones
Coaching points
head up
Keep the ball close
small touches
which surface to use
Progression/Regression
who can go through most gates in 1 minute
try to beat your own score
make gates bigger/smaller