Football: Long Shots- Cone Drill

Goalkeeper positioning is vital when dealing with shots from long range. Develop your keepers concentration, positioning and movement to be solid behind the speculative efforts

• 3 servers set up outside of the area on a line, one off to the right, one central and one to the left. 
• Cone set up on the edge of the goalkeepers box in front of the goal.
• Servers take turns shooting at goal. 
• Goalkeepers advance around the cone and then retreat and gets set for saving the shot.

• Goalkeeper advances towards the server.
• Receives a pass into feet from the server.
• Goalkeeper then plays a first time ball back to the server.
• Goalkeeper to retreat back to the best position they can get into before the ball is struck for a shot at goal. 
• Rotate goalkeepers and servers.

• Make a small and narrow pitch with two goals each end and a halfway line marked with cones.
• Two goalkeepers each end and up to 3 players on each team.
• Players take shots at from behind the halfway line and keep a tally of the score.
• Goalkeepers can score with volleys or throws.
• When a goal is scored, goalkeeper rotates out and a player goes in goal.

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.