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Dive Ladder

Diving, Shot stopping. About 9 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
The low dive
  1. Set.
  2. Step forward and across with the near foot.
  3. Hands lead. Low and long.
  4. Land on your side. One hand behind, one on top.
How it is set up

Setup. Two cone goals 4 metres wide. One keeper in each, server 6 metres away with a ball.

How it runs. Three levels, three minutes each. Level one from the knees. Level two from a low crouch. Level three standing, with a step into the dive. Six serves alternating sides, then swap roles.

Coaching points

  1. Step, then dive. Small step forward and across with the near foot. Attack the ball, do not fall backwards.
  2. Hands lead. One hand behind the ball, one on top, and the ground is the third hand.
  3. Land on the side: hip, then shoulder. Never on elbows or belly.
  4. Head stays behind the hands so you can see the ball through your arms.

Make it harder. Hand rolls first, then side-foot passes from the server. Finish with the server choosing the side without telling them.

With 4 keepers. Two pairs, one in each cone goal.

We do this in session 1, The Basics.