Play a game with each team using a wide player who has a supply of balls. After the shot on target the wide player on the attacking team can cross a second ball into the penalty area.

Reacting to the next ball and constantly adjusting their position in relation to the ball is crucial to a goalkeeper.

Keepers need to anticipate the shot and jump off one leg to get high and catch the ball.

A recent study showed goalkeepers have seven more touches of the ball with their feet than they do with their hands. Therefore improving a goalkeeper’s passing and receiving skills is vitally important.

Save It and Distribute It

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Written by Dave Clarke

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Reacting to saving a shot or catching the ball is the second phase for a goalkeeper. This session gets keepers to distribute after they save.

Coaching Objectives

Quickly setting up attacks when the ball has been saved is a key goalkeeping job. They can catch out slow movement by opposition attackers if they distribute quickly.

In the area, you need 5-yard channels on each side.

Drill Setup

10 Mins
Pairs Players
2 Goals
30 x 40 y

What the Players Do

The keepers play a ball out wide into the channel where a winger dribbles and then crosses the ball in for the goalkeeper to catch then an attacker in the middle of the pitch takes a shot for the…

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