Technical Categories Covered - Passing and Receiving: Support Play: Turning: Run with the ball:

"Through the Gate" encourages players to work and combine in teams, to perform a series of different challenges and games, that will require the players to play with their heads up, to communicate and to be able to pass, receive and move together.

Player Outcomes Covered - Passing and Receiving: Support play: Create Space: Turning: Run with the ball: Communication

In "Through the Gate" the players have to work as a team, to pass the ball through a series of gates to team mates. The session progresses to set the players different challenges, not least being that all the players are playing at the same time, with 2, and 4 footballs, resulting in the need for the players to play with their heads up and be aware of where other players are and to communicate with each other, otherwise chaos will ensue!

These "Through the Gate" training videos will enable coaches to link to FA Level 2 content: