Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today's topic will introduce a
goalkeeping drill that works on decision making, conditioning, breakaways and dives.
This drill requires a number of balls, a goal and a server.
Place two balls on the six yard box even with the goal posts and two other balls even with
the goal posts and the twelve yard spot. The rest of the balls should be on the 18
yard line one yard apart with the server. Assign a number for each of the four balls
placed inside of the 18.
The keeper starts on the goal line facing the inside of the goal and begins doing knees to
chest jumps while jumping and touching the goalpost (younger keepers should try to jump
and get as high as possible). The server will either yell "shot" or a
number. If the call is "shot" the keeper must turn, quickly save the shot.
If the call is a number then the keeper must turn and sprint out and dive at the
ball associated with that number as if it's breakaway. The server should vary his
calls so that the keeper must make a quick decision and reaction. As soon as the
save is made, the keeper sprints back to the goal line and starts jumping again.
The keeper should do this for a one minute period at full speed and then can rest for a
two minute period and then start again. If there are three keepers training together
this works perfectly as one keeper works while the other two rest and retrieve the
balls. In a 10 minute period, three keepers can get an intense workout working on
many things. If it seems that three sets of a one minute session isn't much, then
just give it a try. This is an example of utilizing economical training to maximize
your
usage of time.
