Hands Circuit

Handling. About 8 minutes.

Keepers tonight

KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting

Knee behind the ball

Set, then step into line with the ball.
Turn a little side on. One knee goes down beside your other heel.
No gap: knee and foot make a wall behind your hands.
Little fingers together, scoop it up into your chest.

How it is set up

Setup. Keeper in goal. Two servers 8 metres out with three balls each.

How it runs. Server one throws at head height: W catch. Server two passes along the ground: knee down behind it and gather. Next round the first serve comes at stomach height: cup it. Six serves, hand each ball back, then rotate. Any ball that is dropped is live: the other server shoots it straight away.

Coaching points

Pick the right hands for the height. Above the chest is a W. Stomach height is a cup. Along the ground, a knee goes down behind the ball.
Hands meet the ball in front of your body. Do not let it hit you first.
Soft hands: give a little as it arrives, then bring it in to your chest.
Set before every serve, the same as for a shot in a match.

Make it harder. Servers strike off the ground. Then the server calls the type of serve late. Then wet the balls.

With 4 keepers. Keeper, two servers, one resting. Rotate after six serves.

We do this in session 1, The Basics.