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All drills

Keeper Wars

Games, Distribution, Shot stopping. About 9 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
The overarm throw
  1. Side on. Front arm points at your target.
  2. Long arm, ball comes over the top.
  3. Release, follow through, finish facing them.
How it is set up

Setup. Two goals facing each other, 15 to 18 metres apart. Use the real goal and build the second from poles or cones.

How it runs. One keeper in each goal. After a save, put the ball down, take one touch to set it and strike off the ground, or throw overarm. Five seconds to shoot. First to two goals stays on. Play seven minutes, then two minutes of debrief.

Coaching points

  1. Save, then attack. The quickest way to score is while the other keeper is still getting up.
  2. Set touch goes forward and slightly to the side of the kicking foot.
  3. Throw side on, long arm over the top, finish facing the target.
  4. Set for every shot, even from 15 metres.

Make it harder. Weak foot only for a round. Or a goal counts double if it comes from a first-time pass along the ground.

With 4 keepers. Winner stays on, the other pair waits behind the goals. Games to two goals turn over fast.

We do this in session 1, The Basics.