Getting goalie on the move and using glove and stick to stop ariel ball.
Goalies pair up.
Movement shown as in sketch.
Green goalie underarm throws ball to blue goalie (variying sides, stick/glove) and blue goalie stops. (no punching of ball, idea is control)
Once Blue goalie is in the box, coach strikes (any strike height, this must suprise the player).
Rotate pairs.
in more ways than one
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