Soccer: Fast Hands

Goalkeepers reactions need to be sharp when shots are coming from in close. Work on your keepers ability to get something behind the ball even when they might not know much about it

• 4 Goalkeepers working
• 6yd x 6 yd Square
• 2 Goalkeepers have a ball each and serve to the goalkeeper opposite simultaneously, trying to get the balls to collide to create a deflection

NOTE: 

Start with goalkeepers rolling the balls as they are more likely to get the balls to collide.

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• Goalkeeper starts on the near post after every service.
• A ball is played from server 1 for server 2 to do a side foot volley.
• Server 1 should have a good supply of balls to keep server 2 supplied with volleys.

NOTES:

• Allow the goalkeeper time to recover to the feet.
• If the server is struggling to play side foot volley then S2 can serve from a volley out of the hands

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• Goalkeeper steps away from cone comes through the gate receives a ball into hands
• Returns to server then gets a low shot into dive close to body
• Get into set position initially then step forward into low dive to save before cones in advance of initial gate

Notes:

• Get the step in if required
• If serve close too the body collapse legs and get hands to the ball in front of the body
• Dive forward this called 'Attacking the dive'

 

Players sprint around discs to get into position. One is a goalkeeper and one is an outfield player who is to shoot.

Red player rolls a ball down between the discs when players have begun to run.

Swap lines after one repetition.