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Passing gates

Score a point for every clean pass through a little cone gate.

How it looks

Animated · the ball runs the sequence

A B C D
Pass through the gate, first time, both feet. pass us them

Watch it done

No video on this one yet. UEFA and US Soccer both publish coaching demonstrations of it — these searches go straight to their own channels.

UEFA US Soccer YouTube

Set-up

Scatter six 1-metre gates around a 20×20 area. Players in pairs, one ball per pair.

How it runs

  1. 1 Pass to your partner through any gate.
  2. 2 Follow your pass to the far side of the gate.
  3. 3 One point per clean pass through; race another pair to ten.
  4. 4 No gate twice in a row.

What the coach is looking for

  • Look up and pick the gate before you strike.
  • Weight it — too hard and your partner cannot control it.
  • Use both feet; count left-foot passes double.

Make it harder

  • One touch through the gate.
  • Shrink the gates.
  • Defender tries to intercept.