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Keeper Bowls

Games, Distribution. About 7 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
The underarm roll
  1. Ball in one hand, eyes on the target.
  2. Step forward with the opposite foot and get low.
  3. Let it go along the grass, with no bounce.
  4. Your hand follows through at the target.
How it is set up

Setup. A target cone 15 to 20 metres away. Every keeper has a ball with their name or number on it, or stands by their own.

How it runs. Like bowls. Take turns to roll your ball underarm so it stops as close to the target cone as you can. You are allowed to knock someone else's ball away. Nearest ball wins the end and scores a point, and the winner chooses where the cone goes next. First to five.

Coaching points

  1. Roll it, do not bounce it. Get low and let the ball go at grass level, the way you would roll it out to a full-back.
  2. Step forward with the foot opposite your rolling hand.
  3. Read the ground. A slope or long grass changes how hard you roll it.
  4. This is weight of pass. The same feel gets a roll-out to a team-mate's feet.

Make it harder. Weaker hand. Then a side-foot pass instead of a roll. Then the target is a moving player and the ball has to arrive at their feet.

With 4 keepers. Everyone against everyone.