We held a 90 minute session for both age groups together.

Each session point/exercise has a link to the drill used – here

Each group begins with a thorough warm up 

Younger Keepers – 2007-2010 & Older Keepers – 2001-2006

With the Extreme Cup tournament coming up next week, we emphasised  things important to tournament play.

Five session points for this session;

  • Reminder of basic rules relevant to goalkeeper – here
  • Protection – how to protect yourself on the ground – here
  • Saving a penalty – here
  • Kneeling and dive and save – here
  • Keeper Frisbee – here
  • One v Ones – how to deal with them – here and here

Tips for coaches – Confidence Cohesion Technique

Any coach can utilize these drills with their keeper. The objectives are the same – enhance footwork, follow the ball better with the eyes, and judge the flight of the ball.

A coach can use any one of the drills independently, and involve multiple players, especially attackers, to sharpen their skills too.

Try to encourage the keeper to use these skills – their footwork, their eyes and reflexes, and be brave to make the judgement calls and decisions that will come up regularly in games.