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Soccer: Basic Goalkeeping Grip

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M grip: 

  • Fingers spread and facing down.
  • Almost making a "V" with the hand. 
  • Thumbs facing out.
  • Let the ball hi the gloves and then scoop the ball up.

W grip:

  • Make a "W" with the two thumbs- thumbs not actually touching.
  • Fingers to the sky.

COACHING POINTS

  • Demonstrate the sound of a soft catch when compared to a snatch so that the players understand what it should sound like.
  • Emphasise the importance of a soft catch so that balls are not bouncing out of goalkeepers hands.
  • Soft hands, strong wrists. 

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1v1 in Pairs:

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  • Goalkeeper starts with the ball and throws it to the attacker
  • Attacker must take a touch and try and get into the end zone to score a goal

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Calling Turns:

Players carry out the commands from the coach. The commands are as follows:

  • Turn
  • Dive left
  • Dive right

They must react as quickly as possible.

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Catch, Roll, Dive:

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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'

 

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Catching Slalom:

Working in twos, with one ball, the keeper must catch the feed into their stomach, throw it back and then backtrack around each pole.

After they've run around the pole, taking small and speedy steps they move out ready to take the next feed.

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