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Bound And Catch

Jumping, Handling. About 7 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
Two-footed jump
  1. Feet under your hips.
  2. Sink quickly, arms back.
  3. Drive up. Your arms throw you higher.
  4. Land soft with bent knees, and go again.
How it is set up

Setup. Three flat markers in a zigzag, two metres apart, in front of goal. Server 8 metres beyond the last marker.

How it runs. The keeper bounds from marker to marker, one leg to the other, sticking each landing for a second. Off the last marker they take one step and jump to catch a ball the server has thrown high. Walk back. Six reps, starting on a different leg each time.

Coaching points

  1. Push sideways, land still. The power comes from the outside leg. The control comes from landing balanced on the other.
  2. Knee over your toes on each landing. If the knee falls inwards, make the bound shorter.
  3. Eyes up for the serve before the last bound. Know where the ball is coming from.
  4. Catch at full stretch. This is the same jump as for a cross.

Make it harder. No pause on the landings. Then the server delivers to either side, so the last bound changes direction.

With 4 keepers. Two stations: a worker and a server at each.