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Goalies are practicing but game day percentage are lower due to increase in pressure. Also need to penetrate ring deeper for higher percentage shots. Need feeders working harder to help goalies get better position Any drills would be helpful ðð
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Trish MartinCoach, Australia
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Eleanor DurrPlayer, England
Hi Trish,
Firstly, your shooters need to be preferably putting up 100 shots per day and if possible get someone to 3ft mark them. In training when they are practising get your defenders to stand closer than 3ft, this will put extra pressure on your shooters. Alternatively, get two players to stand either side of the shooter and get a feeder to feed the ball in. When the shooter goes up for the ball, the other 2 defenders should contest and gently but purposefully contact the shooter. This will make your shooter stronger and really pull in ball, whilst imitating a real game.
If you have a tall shooter you might want them to hold in the circle and get your feeders to feed the ball into their space. See how to do this here. It is important your shooter holds enough back space so they are not too close to the sideline and it is important your feeder places the ball into space, so the ball couldn't be contested by the defender.
This drill can help your players practice feeding over defenders into space popping over.
In terms of penetrating the circle, your shooters need to do more work. They need to draw their defender out of the circle and cut back in to open up and create space. This drill will help, add a defender in once your players movement improves.
Hope this helps.
