Set-Up: Reasonable sized area.
1 GK working plus 3 Servers.
Discs to mark-off far post area, supply of balls by Servers.
Practice starts with: GK takes-up realistic start position in goal & Servers cross balls in rotation to near & far post areas.
Servers provide a variety of in-swinging & out-swinging crosses.
Simple progressions for this practice are:
- Provide crosses as described from opposite side.
Each GK works for 3 serves. Rotate GK. Each GK works for 4 set each, both sides.
- Start position in relation to ball & goal.
- Main priority is to defend goal.
- 2nd. Priority is to defend space between GK & D’s.
- GK positive stance & body language.
- Keeping D’s pushed-out & organising marking positions.
- Assess flight of ball & make decision to collect or allow D’s to deal with it.
- If GK shouts: “away”, retreat to defend goal.
- Appropriate footwork & recovery lines to defend goal.
- If GK collects: timing & angle of take off (take off inside leg if possible).
- Angle & speed of GK approach via quickest & shortest route.
- Technique of catching at highest/safest point: elbows slightly flexed & ‘see ball into hands’.
- If GK needs to punch ball: height, distance & width required.
- Two fisted or one fisted: through bottom & middle of ball.
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