Warm Up

SoccerSpecific

Emphasis:
Handling, angles, technique

Set-up:
One goalkeeper stands in goal.
The server stands just outside the penalty area, with several balls.

Objective:
The goalkeeper starts in different positions; sitting, push-up, squatting, on each side…The goalkeeper has to react to the accurate service on goal.

Progressions:

  1. Start the goalkeeper at one of the posts.
  2. The goalkeeper starts on the penalty spot, back pedal and make the save.

Coaching Points:

  • Get in your stance early.
  • Get the angle right.
  • Recover to feet as quick as possible.

“Success generally depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed”-Montesquieu-