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Hockey: Diving technique

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The goalkeeper starts 2 / 3 metres off their line on their knees. The coach then throws the ball under arm for the goalkeeper to dive across and make a save with their hand/stick.

COACHING POINTS

Make sure that the goalkeeper's hips are the first part of the body to touch the pitch.

Ensure that the hand / stick are close together. Make sure that the goalkeeper's vision is not impaired by placing hands / stick in front of eyes.

When landing, try to land on your elbow and stay balanced on it to allow for secondary saves.

Kick legs out so they are stacked one on top of the other to make a big barrier.

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Accurate Kicking - Long Distance

The feeder feeds the ball to the goalkeeper who kicks the ball to the wide player who either kicks / hits the ball back to the goalkeeper.

Coach can also feed the ball to player 2 to hit / kick the ball to goalkeeper. The idea is to keep the practice going as long as possible.

Coach can vary feed (e.g. bounce) for keeper to control kick to player 2.

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Diving

Setup the practice as shown.

The feeder rolls the ball for the goalkeeper to dive and save either side. If the ball falls to one of the rebounders then they are allowed to score.

Once the goalkeeper builds up confidence increase the speed of the inital feed and get the rebounders to be more active.

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Deflection / Angles Drill

Setup the practice as shown.

The coach feeds the ball out to the right winger who receives the ball and takes the ball into the circle

The winger can either shoot or pass the ball to the back post.

The goalkeeper must cover the shot and then react if the attacker decides to pass the ball instead.

The player on the back post can be a goalkeeper in order to practice diving to get to the pass.

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Develop the kick

Setup the drill as shown.

The coach numbers all the players on the edge of the circle. The coach then calls out a number and that player passes the ball to the goalkeeper for them to kick the ball into the goal.

After a set, move the feeders closer to the goalkeeper - to increase the reflexes of the goalkeeper.

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