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Goal Keeper drills to practise alone

Can someone suggests some drills for goal keepers to work on alone?

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Toby MullinsCoach, England

There are plenty of goalkeeper mobility and footwork drills that they can do on their own.

They can practice their positioning - narrowing the angles around the D. Making sure that they know ehere their posts are and using the P -flick spot as their guide.

They can practice moving left -right - forward - backwards at speed and keeping balanced and with their weight going forward. Perhaps using cones to shuttle around.

They can practice going to ground - getting to their feet at speed - and clearing a ball (which they can do towards the goal to avoid having to fetch the balls).

There are plenty more.

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